Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Taa-Haa, Ayah 65
قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ
They said, "O Moses, either you throw or we will be the first to throw."
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They said ‘O Moses you choose either cast your staff first or we shall be the first to cast’ their staff.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(They said) the magicians said to Moses: (O Moses! Either throw first) either you throw your staff to the ground first, (or let us be the first to throw?)