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The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Exodus 07
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have
made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron
your brother shall be your prophet.
2 You shall speak all that I command
you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to
Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel
go out of his land.
3 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs
and my wonders in the land
of Egypt.
4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so
I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring
out my armies, my people the children of
Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great
judgments.
5 The Egyptians shall know that I am
Yahweh when I stretch out my hand on
Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out
from among them.”
6 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh
commanded them, so they did.
7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron
eighty-three years old, when they spoke to
Pharaoh.
8 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying,
9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying,
‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell
Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down
before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’ ”
10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh,
and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before
Pharaoh and before his servants, and it
became a serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise
men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt,
did the same thing with
their enchantments.
12 For they each cast down their rods,
and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod
swallowed up their rods.
13 Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and
he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had
spoken.
14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s
heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the
people go.
15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold,
he is going out to the water. You shall stand
by the river’s bank to meet him. You shall
take the rod which was turned to a serpent
in your hand.
16 You shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of
the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying,
“Let my people go, that they may serve me
in the wilderness. Behold, until now you
haven’t listened.”
17 Yahweh says, “In this you shall know
that I am Yahweh. Behold: I will strike
with the rod that is in my hand on the
waters which are in the river, and they
shall be turned to blood.
18 The fish that are in the river will die
and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will
loathe to drink water from the
river.” ’ ”
19 Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron,
‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand
over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers,
over their streams, and over their pools,
and over all their ponds of water, that they
may become blood. There will be blood
throughout all the land of Egypt, both in
vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’ ”
20 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh
commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and
struck the waters that were in the river, in
the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his
servants; and all the waters that were in
the river were turned to blood.
21 The fish that were in the river died.
The river became foul. The Egyptians
couldn’t drink water from the river. The
blood was throughout allthe land of Egypt.
22 The magicians of Egypt did the
same thing with their enchantments. So
Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he
didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had
spoken.
23 Pharaoh turned and went into his
house, andhedidn’t eventake this toheart.
24 All the Egyptians dug around the river
for water to drink; for they couldn’t drink
the river water.
25 Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
Word English Bible
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