Exodus 7
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Chapter 7
Aaron will speak to Pharaoh for Moses
1Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Look, I have made you like God to Pharaoh. Your brother Aaron will speak on your behalf, like your prophet. #7:1 A prophet is a person that speaks God's message to people. Aaron would be like a prophet for Moses. God would speak to Moses and Aaron would tell the message to Pharaoh. 2You must say everything that I command you to say. Your brother Aaron must tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country.
3But I will make Pharaoh's mind become hard. I will do many miracles in Egypt that show my power. 4But Pharaoh will still refuse to listen to you. Then I will show my authority and I will punish the Egyptians. I will bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt like an army. 5Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. I will show my great strength in Egypt and I will lead the Israelites out from there.’
Aaron's stick becomes a snake
6Moses and Aaron obeyed all the commands of the Lord. 7Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9‘Pharaoh will say to you, “Show me a miracle.” Then say to Aaron, “Take your stick and throw it down in front of Pharaoh.” When Aaron does that, his stick will become a snake.’
10So Moses and Aaron went to see Pharaoh. They did everything that the Lord had commanded them. Aaron threw down his stick in front of Pharaoh and his officers. And the stick became a snake! 11Then Pharaoh called for his wise men and his magicians to come to him. The Egyptian magicians did the same thing as Aaron. They used their secret magic to do it. 12Each of them threw down his stick and it became a snake. But Aaron's stick ate all their sticks! #7:12 A magician uses magic to do strange, powerful things. Aaron's stick ate the magicians' sticks. God was showing them that he is more powerful than magic. 13But Pharaoh's mind was hard and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron. That was what the Lord had said would happen, and it did!
1: Moses causes water to become blood
14Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Pharaoh's mind is still hard. He refuses to let the people go. 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes to the river. Wait for him by the edge of the river. Then take in your hand the stick that became a snake. 16Then say to Pharaoh, “The Lord, the God of the Israelites, has sent me to you to say, ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the desert.’ But until now, you have not listened to my message. 17So this is what the Lord says: In this way, you will know that I am the Lord. Look! I will hit the water in the Nile River with the stick that is in my hand. Then the water will become blood. 18The fish in the river will die, and the river will have a very bad smell. Then the Egyptians will not be able to drink the water from the Nile River.” ’
19Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Say to Aaron, “Take your stick. Lift up your hand over the waters of Egypt. Lift your stick up over their rivers and their streams. Lift it up over their lakes and pools of water. Do that so that all the water becomes blood.” There will be blood in every part of Egypt. There will even be blood in their buckets and bowls.’
20Moses and Aaron obeyed the command of the Lord. Aaron lifted up the stick in front of Pharaoh and his servants. He hit the water in the Nile River with the stick. Then all the water in the river became blood. 21The fish in the river died. The river had such a bad smell that the Egyptians could not drink its water. There was blood in every part of Egypt.
22But the Egyptian magicians used their magic and they did the same thing. So Pharaoh's mind continued to be hard. He still refused to listen to Moses and Aaron. The Lord had said that this would happen, and it did! 23Pharaoh turned away and he went into his house. He did not worry about what had happened. 24The Egyptians dug holes on the shore of the Nile River to find water to drink. They could not drink the water from the river itself. #7:24 The river gave the Egyptians all that they needed. The Egyptians needed the water of the Nile River so that they could live.
25After the Lord had made the water in the river become blood, another seven days passed.
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