EX-7:1  And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a

god to Pharaoh:

and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

EX-7:2  Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy

brother shall

speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of

his land.

EX-7:3  And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs

and my

wonders in the land of Egypt.

EX-7:4  But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay

my hand upon

Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, [and] my people the children

of Israel,

out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

EX-7:5  And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when

I stretch

forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel

from among

them.

EX-7:6  And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so

did they.

EX-7:7  And Moses [was] fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore

and three

years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

EX-7:8  And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

EX-7:9  When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a

miracle for you:

then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast [it]

before Pharaoh,

[and] it shall become a serpent.

EX-7:10  And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did

so as the LORD

had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and

before his

servants, and it became a serpent.

EX-7:11  Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers:

 now the

magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their

enchantments.

EX-7:12  For they cast down every man his rod, and they became

serpents: but

Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

EX-7:13  And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not

unto them; as

the LORD had said.

EX-7:14  And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart [is]

hardened, he

refuseth to let the people go.

EX-7:15  Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out

unto the

water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come;

 and the rod

which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

EX-7:16  And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the

Hebrews hath sent me

unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in

the wilderness:

and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

EX-7:17  Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I

[am] the LORD:

behold, I will smite with the rod that [is] in mine hand upon

the waters which

[are] in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

EX-7:18  And the fish that [is] in the river shall die, and the

river shall

stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of

the river.

EX-7:19  And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy

rod, and

stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their

streams, upon

their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of

water, that

they may become blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout

all the land

of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone.

EX-7:20  And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD 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.

EX-7:21  And the fish that [was] in the river died; and the

river stank, and

the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and

there was blood

throughout all the land of Egypt.

EX-7:22  And the magicians of Egypt did so with their

enchantments: and

Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them;

as the LORD

had said.

EX-7:23  And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did

he set his

heart to this also.

EX-7:24  And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for

water to

drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

EX-7:25  And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had

smitten the

river.

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