Exod 7
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, I have made you a god to Pharao, and
Aaron your brother shall be your Or, spokesman; for the use of this word in a wide sense, see Tit 1:18 prophet.
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And you shall say to him all things that I charge you, and Aaron your brother shall
speak to Pharao, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land.
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And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in
the land of Egypt.
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And Pharao will not hearken to you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt; and will bring
out my people the children of Israel with my power out of the land of Egypt with great
vengeance.
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And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, stretching out my hand upon Egypt,
and I will bring out the children of Israel out of the midst of them.
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And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
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And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old,
when he spoke to Pharao.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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Now if Pharao should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shall
you say to your brother Aaron, Take your rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharao,
and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent.
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And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and before his servants, and they did so,
as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharao, and before
his servants, and it became a serpent.
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But Pharao called together the wise men of Egypt, and the sorcerers, and the charmers
also of the Egyptians did likewise with their sorceries.
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And they cast down each Gr. their his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.
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and the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord charged
them.
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and the Lord said to Moses, The heart of Pharao is made hard, so that he should not
let the people go.
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Go to Pharao early in the morning: behold, he goes forth to the water; and you shall
meet him on the bank of the river, and you shall take in your hand the rod that was
turned into a serpent.
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And you shall say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying,
Send my people away, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, hitherto
you have not hearkened.
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These things says the Lord: Hereby shall you know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike
with the rod that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change
it into blood.
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And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink thereupon,
and the Egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Say to your brother Aaron, Take your rod in your hand,
and stretch forth your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, and over
their canals, and over their ponds, and over all their standing water, and it shall
become blood: and there was blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood
and of stone.
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and Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up
his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharao, and before his
servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.
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And the fish in the river died, and the river stank thereupon; and the Egyptians could
not drink water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
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And the charmers also of the Egyptians did so with their sorceries; and the heart
of Pharao was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, even as the Lord said.
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And Pharao turned and entered into his house, nor did he fix his attention even on
this thing.
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And all the Egyptians dug round about the river, so as to drink water, for they could
not drink water from the river.
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and seven days were fulfilled after the Lord has smitten the river.