Exodus 7

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1. 1The LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet."
2. 2You will speak all that I command you, and Aaron your brother will speak to Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
3. 3"But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders throughout Egypt.
4. 4But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, from the land of Egypt through great judgments.
5. 5The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the people of Israel out from among them."
6. 6Moses and Aaron did exactly what the LORD commanded them.
7. 7Moses was 80 years old, and Aaron was 83 years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8. 8The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and said,
9. 9"When Pharaoh demands, 'Prove yourselves with a miracle,' tell Aaron to take his staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh. It will turn into a serpent."
10. 10Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did exactly what the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it turned into a serpent.
11. 11Pharaoh summoned his wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments.
12. 12Each of them threw down his staff, and their staffs also became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up every one of theirs.
13. 13And he made Pharaoh's heart hard, so he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
14. 14Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
15. 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning — he'll be heading down to the water. Wait for him on the bank of the Nile, and take with you the staff that turned into a serpent.
16. 16You shall say to him, "The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness.' And look, until now you would not listen."
17. 17This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Watch — I will strike the waters of the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they will turn to blood.
18. 18The fish in the river will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will loathe drinking the water from it.
19. 19The LORD told Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch your hand out over every body of water in Egypt — over the rivers, the streams, the ponds, and every pool — and they will all turn to blood. There will be blood throughout the entire land of Egypt, even in their wooden buckets and stone jars.'"
20. 20Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded, and he lifted up the rod and struck the waters in the river in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the waters in the river were turned to blood.
21. 21The fish in the river died, the stench was unbearable, and the Egyptians couldn't drink from the Nile. Blood was everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
22. 22And the magicians of Egypt did the same with their enchantments, and Pharaoh's heart was hardened; he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
23. 23Pharaoh turned and went back into his palace, and he did not pay attention to this either.
24. 24All the Egyptians had to dig along the riverbanks to find drinkable water, because the river itself was undrinkable.
25. 257 full days passed after the LORD struck the Nile.