Magic

In Exodus 7:10+ how can that act of going ‘One On One’ with Moses’ miracles such as the staff turning into a serpent or the staff turning the water to blood, etc… be explained? This wasn’t just 3 Card Monte or slight of the hand tricks. These were huge events that took place.  Yet Pharaoh’s magicians were able to perform them as well. If Jesus is the basis for a miracle, then how could this have occurred in the bible?

8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 9 When Pharaoh shall say to you, Show signs; you shall say to Aaron: Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it shall be turned into a serpent. 10 So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and did as the Lord had commanded. And Aaron took the rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it was turned into a serpent. 11 And Pharaoh called the wise men and the magicians; and they also by Egyptian enchantments and certain secrets, did in like manner. 12 And they every one cast down their rods, and they were turned into serpents: but Aaron's rod devoured their rods. 13 And Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, as the Lord had commanded.

And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharaoh, and you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord: Let my people go to sacrifice to me. 2 But if you will not let them go, behold I will strike all your coasts with frogs. 3 And the river shall bring forth an abundance of frogs; which shall come up and enter into your house, and your bedchamber, and upon your bed, and into the houses of your servants, and to your people, and into your ovens, and into the remains of your meats: 4 And the frogs shall come in to you, and to your people, and to all your servants. 5 And the Lord said to Moses: Say to Aaron: Stretch forth your hand upon the streams, and upon the rivers and the pools, and bring forth frogs upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched forth his hand upon the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians also, by their enchantments, did in like manner, and they brought forth frogs upon the land of Egypt. 8 But Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: Pray to the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord. 9 And Moses said to Pharaoh: Set me a time when I shall pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs may be driven away from you and from your house, and from your servants, and from your people; and may remain only in the river. 10 And he answered: Tomorrow. But he said: I will do according to your word; that you may know that there is none like to the Lord our God. 11 And the frogs shall depart from you, and from your house, and from your servants, and from your people; and shall remain only in the river. 12 And Moses and Aaron went forth from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to the Lord for the promise, which he had made to Pharaoh concerning the frogs. 13 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses: and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields: 14 And they gathered them together into immense heaps, and the land was corrupted. 15 And Pharaoh seeing that rest was given, hardened his own heart, and did not hear them, as the Lord had commanded.