Exod 7
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And YHWH said to Moses, See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother
shall be your prophet.
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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.
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And I will harden Pharaoh`s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land
of Egypt.
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But Pharaoh will not hearken to you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring
forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great
judgments.
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And the Egyptians shall know that I am YHWH, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt,
and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
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And Moses and Aaron did so; as YHWH commanded them, so did they.
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And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they
spoke to Pharaoh.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Show a wonder for you; then you shall say
to Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.
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And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as YHWH had commanded: and
Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
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Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians
of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.
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For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron`s rod swallowed
up their rods.
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And Pharaoh`s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not to them; as YHWH had spoken.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Pharaoh`s heart is stubborn, he refuses to let the people
go.
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Get you to Pharaoh in the morning; behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall
stand by the river`s brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent
shall you take in your hand.
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And you shall say to him, YHWH, 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, hitherto
you have not hearkened.
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Thus says YHWH, In this you shall know that I am YHWH: behold, I will smite with the
rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned
to blood.
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And 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.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Say to 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.
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And Moses and Aaron did so, as YHWH commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote
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.
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And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians
could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of
Egypt.
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And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments: and Pharaoh`s
heart was hardened, and he hearkened not to them; as YHWH had spoken.
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And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.
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And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could
not drink of the water of the river.
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And seven days were fulfilled, after that YHWH had smitten the river.