Exodus 7:12

7:12 Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

Exodus 36:30

36:30 So there were eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under each frame.


tn The verb is plural, but the subject is singular, “a man – his staff.” This noun can be given a distributive sense: “each man threw down his staff.”