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Exodus 7

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¹ Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

² Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.

³ Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and wait for him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.

⁴ You shall say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now."

⁵ Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know and recognize and acknowledge that I am the LORD: look, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water in the Nile, and it shall be turned to blood.

⁶ The fish in the Nile will die, and the Nile will become foul, and the Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile."'"

⁷ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, so that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in containers both of wood and of stone.'"

⁸ So Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded; Aaron lifted up the staff and struck the waters in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood.

⁹ The fish in the Nile died, and the river became foul smelling, and the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout[2] all the land of Egypt.

¹⁰ But the magicians of Egypt did the[3] same by their secret arts and enchantments; so Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

¹¹ Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this [divine sign] to heart.

¹² So all the Egyptians dug near the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.

¹³ Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

¹⁴ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.

¹⁵ However, if you refuse to let them go, hear this: I am going to strike your entire land with frogs.

¹⁶ The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your home, into your bedroom and on to your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls.

¹⁷ So the frogs will come up on you and on your people and all your servants."'"

¹⁸ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and canals, over the pools [among the reeds], and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.'"

¹⁹ So Aaron stretched out his hand [with his staff] over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

²⁰ But the magicians (soothsayer-priests) did the same thing with their secret arts and enchantments, and[1] brought up [more] frogs on the land of Egypt.

²¹ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go, so that they may sacrifice to the LORD."

²² And Moses said to Pharaoh, "I am entirely at your service: when shall I plead [with the Lord] for you and your servants and your people, so that the frogs may leave you and your houses and remain only in the Nile?"

²³ Then Pharaoh said, "[2] Tomorrow." Moses replied, "May it be as you say, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that there is no one like the LORD our God.

²⁴ The frogs will leave you and your houses and leave your servants and your people; they will remain only in the Nile."

²⁵ So Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to the LORD [as he had agreed to do] concerning the frogs which God had inflicted on Pharaoh.

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1	Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
2	Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go.
3	Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and wait for him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
4	You shall say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now."
5	Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know and recognize and acknowledge that I am the LORD: look, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water in the Nile, and it shall be turned to blood.
6	The fish in the Nile will die, and the Nile will become foul, and the Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile."'"
7	Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, so that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in containers both of wood and of stone.'"
8	So Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded; Aaron lifted up the staff and struck the waters in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood.
9	The fish in the Nile died, and the river became foul smelling, and the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout[2] all the land of Egypt.
10	But the magicians of Egypt did the[3] same by their secret arts and enchantments; so Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
11	Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this [divine sign] to heart.
12	So all the Egyptians dug near the river for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.
13	Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
14	Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
15	However, if you refuse to let them go, hear this: I am going to strike your entire land with frogs.
16	The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your home, into your bedroom and on to your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls.
17	So the frogs will come up on you and on your people and all your servants."'"
18	Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and canals, over the pools [among the reeds], and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.'"
19	So Aaron stretched out his hand [with his staff] over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
20	But the magicians (soothsayer-priests) did the same thing with their secret arts and enchantments, and[1] brought up [more] frogs on the land of Egypt.
21	Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go, so that they may sacrifice to the LORD."
22	And Moses said to Pharaoh, "I am entirely at your service: when shall I plead [with the Lord] for you and your servants and your people, so that the frogs may leave you and your houses and remain only in the Nile?"
23	Then Pharaoh said, "[2] Tomorrow." Moses replied, "May it be as you say, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that there is no one like the LORD our God.
24	The frogs will leave you and your houses and leave your servants and your people; they will remain only in the Nile."
25	So Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to the LORD [as he had agreed to do] concerning the frogs which God had inflicted on Pharaoh.

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