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 19:14

19:14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.


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.”