“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘[a](A)Work a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘(B)Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, so that it may turn into a serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and so they did, just as the Lord had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and [b]his servants, and it (C)turned into a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also (D)called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they too, the (E)soothsayer priests of Egypt, did the same with (F)their secret arts. 12 For each one threw down his staff, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs. 13 Yet (G)Pharaoh’s heart was [c]hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Water Turned into Blood

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is [d]stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning [e]just as (H)he is going out to the water, and position yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand (I)the staff that was turned into a serpent. 16 And (J)you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “(K)Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened up to now.” 17 This is what the Lord says: “(L)By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I am going to strike [f]the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and (M)it will be turned into blood. 18 Then (N)the fish that are in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will [g](O)no longer be able to drink water from the Nile.”’” 19 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and (P)extend your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their [h]streams, over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, so that they may become blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, both in containers of wood and in containers of stone.’”

20 So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. And he lifted up [i](Q)the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants; and (R)all the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 7:9 Lit Show a wonder for yourselves
  2. Exodus 7:10 Lit before his
  3. Exodus 7:13 Lit strong
  4. Exodus 7:14 Or hard; lit heavy
  5. Exodus 7:15 Lit behold
  6. Exodus 7:17 Lit upon the waters
  7. Exodus 7:18 Lit be weary of
  8. Exodus 7:19 Or canals
  9. Exodus 7:20 Lit with the staff

16 As for you, lift up (A)your staff and reach out with your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall [a]go through the midst of the sea on dry land.

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  1. Exodus 14:16 Lit enter the

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