Exodus 7
7:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron
your brother shall be your prophet.
7:2 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.
7:3 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the
land of Egypt.
7:4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and
bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt
by great judgments.
7:5 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on
Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
7:6 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
7:7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they
spoke to Pharaoh.
7:8 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
7:9 "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall
tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a
serpent.'"
7:10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had
commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants,
and it became a serpent.
7:11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the
magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.
7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's
rod swallowed up their rods.
7:13 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had
spoken.
7:14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the
people go.
7:15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you
shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a
serpent you shall take in your hand.
7:16 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:" and,
behold, until now you haven't listened.
7:17 Thus says Yahweh, "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.
7:18 The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul;
and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."'"
7:19 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; and
there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood
and in vessels of stone.'"
7:20 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.
7:21 The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the
Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all
the land of Egypt.
7:22 The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments; and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had
spoken.
7:23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to
heart.
7:24 All the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they
couldn't drink of the water of the river.
7:25 Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
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