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Exodus 7:1 (show verse)
The LORD told Moses, "Listen! I've positioned you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
Exodus 7:2 (show verse)
You are to speak everything that I've commanded you, and then your brother Aaron will speak to Pharaoh, telling him to let the Israelis go out of his land.
Exodus 7:3 (show verse)
I'll harden Pharaoh's heart and I'll add more and more of my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 7:4 (show verse)
WhenPharaoh won't listen to you, I'll let loose my power upon Egypt. I'll bring out my tribal divisions my people the Israelis from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.
Exodus 7:5 (show verse)
The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand over Egypt to bring the Israelis out from among them."
Exodus 7:6 (show verse)
Moses and Aaron did what the LORD commanded them.
Exodus 7:7 (show verse)
Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Exodus 7:8 (show verse)
Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron,
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Exodus 7:9 (show verse)
"When Pharaoh says to you, "Perform a miraculous sign,' then you are to say to Aaron, "Take your staff and throw it in front of Pharaoh.' It will become a serpent."
Exodus 7:10 (show verse)
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and did what the LORD had commanded them. Aaron threw his staff in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
Egypt » History of israel in » Moses proves his divine mission by miracles
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Miracles » Catalogue of » The transformation of moses' rod into a serpent
Miracles » Alleged miracles performed by magicians
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Reptiles » Serpents
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Miracles » Catalogue of » The transformation of moses' rod into a serpent
Miracles » Alleged miracles performed by magicians
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Reptiles » Serpents
Exodus 7:11 (show verse)
Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and sorcerers, and they along with the Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their secret arts.
Divination » Effected through » Enchantments
Egypt » Magi of
Egypt » Magic practised in
Jambres » An egyptian magician
Jannes » An egyptian magician
Magic » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Magic » Magicians
Magician » Apparent miracles
Miracles » Alleged miracles performed by magicians
Miracles through evil agents » Exemplified
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Contended with masters of evil
Sorcery » Practiced » By the magicians
Wise men » Of egypt
Wonders » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Egypt » Magi of
Egypt » Magic practised in
Jambres » An egyptian magician
Jannes » An egyptian magician
Magic » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Magic » Magicians
Magician » Apparent miracles
Miracles » Alleged miracles performed by magicians
Miracles through evil agents » Exemplified
moses » Moses and Christ - a parallel » Contended with masters of evil
Sorcery » Practiced » By the magicians
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Wonders » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Exodus 7:12 (show verse)
So each one threw down his staff and it became a serpent, but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.
Exodus 7:13 (show verse)
Yet Pharaoh's heart was stubborn and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said would happen.
Exodus 7:14 (show verse)
Then the LORD told Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard. He has refused to let the people go.
Exodus 7:15 (show verse)
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he's going down to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile River and meet him. Be sure to take with you the staff that was turned into a snake.
Exodus 7:16 (show verse)
Then say to him, "The LORD God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you. He says, "Let my people go so they may serve me in the desert, but until now you haven't obeyed."'
Exodus 7:17 (show verse)
""This is what the LORD says: "This is how you'll know that I am the LORD: Right now I'm going to strike the water of the Nile River with the staff that's in my hand, and it will be turned to blood.
Exodus 7:18 (show verse)
The fish in the Nile River will die and the river will stink. The Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile River."'"
Exodus 7:19 (show verse)
The LORD also told Moses, "Tell Aaron, "Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their Nile River, over their ponds, and over their reservoirs, and they'll become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in their wood and stone containers.'"
Blood » Plague of
Blood » Waters of egypt turned into, as a judgment
Commands » Special to individuals » Of God, examples of
Egypt » History of israel in » Egypt is plagued for pharaoh's obstinacy
Plague » The plague of » Blood
Pools and ponds » The land of egypt abounded in
Rod » of moses
Water » Collected in » Ponds
Blood » Waters of egypt turned into, as a judgment
Commands » Special to individuals » Of God, examples of
Egypt » History of israel in » Egypt is plagued for pharaoh's obstinacy
Plague » The plague of » Blood
Pools and ponds » The land of egypt abounded in
Rod » of moses
Water » Collected in » Ponds
Exodus 7:20 (show verse)
Moses and Aaron did just what the LORD had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the water in the Nile River in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and all the water in the Nile River turned to blood.
Blood » Plague of
Blood » Waters of egypt turned into, as a judgment
Egypt » History of israel in » Egypt is plagued for pharaoh's obstinacy
God's Judgments » Plagues » Of egypt
Miracles » To witness to Christ as messiah spurious » River into blood
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Moses and aaron: » River turned into blood
River Nile » Remarkable events connected with » Its waters turned into blood
Plague » The plague of » Blood
Water » Miracles connected with » Turned into blood
Blood » Waters of egypt turned into, as a judgment
Egypt » History of israel in » Egypt is plagued for pharaoh's obstinacy
God's Judgments » Plagues » Of egypt
Miracles » To witness to Christ as messiah spurious » River into blood
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Moses and aaron: » River turned into blood
River Nile » Remarkable events connected with » Its waters turned into blood
Plague » The plague of » Blood
Water » Miracles connected with » Turned into blood
Exodus 7:21 (show verse)
The fish in the Nile River died and the river stank. The Egyptians were not able to drink water from the Nile River, and blood was throughout the land of Egypt.
Exodus 7:22 (show verse)
But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their secret arts. Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
Blood » Plague of
Disobedience to God » Instances of » Of pharaoh, in refusing to let the people of israel go
Egypt » History of israel in » Egypt is plagued for pharaoh's obstinacy
Heart » Instances of hardened hearts » Pharoah
Magic » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Magician » Apparent miracles
Miracles » Alleged miracles performed by magicians
Plague » The plague of » Blood
Sorcery » Practiced » By the magicians
Wonders » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Disobedience to God » Instances of » Of pharaoh, in refusing to let the people of israel go
Egypt » History of israel in » Egypt is plagued for pharaoh's obstinacy
Heart » Instances of hardened hearts » Pharoah
Magic » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Magician » Apparent miracles
Miracles » Alleged miracles performed by magicians
Plague » The plague of » Blood
Sorcery » Practiced » By the magicians
Wonders » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Exodus 7:23 (show verse)
Then Pharaoh turned away, went to his palace, and paid no attention to any of this.
Exodus 7:24 (show verse)
All the Egyptians dug around the Nile River for water to drink because they could not drink from the water in the Nile River.
Exodus 7:25 (show verse)
Seven days after the LORD had struck the Nile River,