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The staff ate it later

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Y_Y ◴[] No.45105801[source]
> Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

- Exodus 7:1-12 (NIV)

Many moons ago I had a girlfriend who worked on an nationally broadcast afternoon show where they often had guest chefs demonstrating dishes, so I would come home from my thankless PhD work to eat Michelin-starred food from a lunchbox. Overall not so bad.

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triceratops ◴[] No.45106174[source]
Cool story, I upvoted because the downvotes felt a bit harsh. But what does the first part have to do with the second part?
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01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[] No.45106327[source]
"staff" meaning either the crew filming a TV show, or meaning a magical staff
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triceratops ◴[] No.45106451[source]
I get it now. More staff engineers than I expected in the Bible.
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fsckboy ◴[] No.45106928[source]
pretty much everything is in the Bible if you look, even automobiles: "and G-d drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in His Fury"

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=plymouth%20fury&ia=images&i...

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titanomachy ◴[] No.45109929{4}[source]
“Jesus and his disciples were all in one Accord”
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LorenDB ◴[] No.45110243{5}[source]
And don't forget that Moses received the Ten Commandments on tablets, although it doesn't say whether he used iPads or something running Android.
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schoen ◴[] No.45110415{6}[source]
It's rumored that God was wary of humans having apple products.
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1. user_7832 ◴[] No.45112145{7}[source]
Perhaps because of the temptations of walled gardens?
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2. mrbombastic ◴[] No.45115539[source]
Their icon is also an apple with bite out of it, if they wanted to be the prefered OS of the divine they should have chosen better.