Exodus:7

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* The LORD said unto Moses , See , I have constituted thee as god unto Pharaoh ; and Aaron , thy brother , shall be thy prophet . * Thou shalt speak all that I shall command thee ; and Aaron , thy brother , shall speak unto Pharaoh that he send the sons of Israel out of his land . * And I will harden Pharaoh 's heart and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt . * And Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you , but I shall lay my hand upon Egypt and bring forth my hosts , [and ] my people , the sons of Israel , out of the land of Egypt by great judgments . * And the Egyptians shall know that I [am ] the LORD when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from among them . * And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them , so did they . * And Moses [was ] eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke unto Pharaoh . * And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , * If Pharaoh shall answer you , saying , Show a miracle , then thou shalt say unto Aaron , Take thy rod and cast [it ] before Pharaoh , that it shall become a dragon . * So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh , and they did as the LORD had commanded ; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants , and it became a dragon . * Then Pharaoh also called wise men and sorcerers ; now the magicians of Egypt , they also did in like manner with their fire [worship ]. * For each one cast down his rod , and they became dragons ; but Aaron 's rod swallowed up their rods . * And Pharaoh 's heart became hard , that he hearkened not unto them as the LORD had said . * Then the LORD said unto Moses , Pharaoh 's heart [is become ] grievous , for he refuses to let the people go . * Go unto Pharaoh in the morning ; behold , he goes out unto the water ; and thou shalt stand by the river 's brink before him and take in thy hand the rod which was turned to a serpent * and say unto him , The LORD , the God of the Hebrews has sent me unto thee , saying , Let my people go , that they may serve me in the wilderness ; and , behold , until now thou hast not desired to hear . * Thus hath the LORD said , In this thou shalt know that I [am ] the LORD ; behold , I will smite with the rod that [is ] in my hand the waters which [are ] in the river , and they shall be turned to blood . * And the fish that [are ] in the river shall die , and the river shall stink ; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water of the river . * And the LORD spoke unto Moses , Say unto Aaron , Take thy rod and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt , upon their rivers , upon their streams , 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 . * And Moses and Aaron did so , as the LORD commanded ; and lifting up the rod , he 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 . * And the fish that [were ] in the river died ; and the river became corrupted , so that the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river ; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt . * And the magicians of Egypt did the same with their enchantments ; and Pharaoh 's heart hardened itself , and he did not hearken unto them , as the LORD had said . * And Pharaoh turned and returned to his house , and even with all this he did not take this to heart . * And in all Egypt they dug wells round about the river for water to drink , for they could not drink of the water of the river . * And seven days were fulfilled after the LORD had smitten the river .:

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