He is afraid of snakes because of what was presented to him about that from God in the first act when He said to him, “Take them and do not be afraid.” He forbade him from being afraid of them and informed him that that was a sign for him. His second fear was for the people, so that they would not be confused by the evidence and suspicion, and the magicians would think that he was afraid of snakes, so God put on them his fear as they put on it. On the people, and this is the goal of divine investigation on occasions in this country, because if the magicians had known that Moses’ fear of being defeated by evidence, she would not have hastened to believe. Moreover, Moses’ beard was covered with tapering, and their lives had no trace of tapering, because they are ropes and sticks in the same matter.

[ Miracles and the transformation of objects ]

This position that we mentioned in this chapter is that it is adjacent to a partial science of the sciences of the universe. This partial science is science. Miracles, because they are not due to a psychological force or to the properties of names. For Moses, peace be upon him, had the effect of a living staff been due to an imaginary force or due to names, he would have given it the power to turn away and not follow through with fear. So we know that there are matters related to the truth in his knowledge that the one on whose hand that image appears does not know. This is The revelation is adjacent to what the prophets brought, in that it was not a trick and was not like the miracles of the prophets, peace be upon them, because the prophets had no knowledge of that, and it was evident from them through their determination or the strength of their soul.