Exodus:7
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And the LORD said unto Moses ,
See ,
I have made you a god to Pharaoh :
and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet .
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You shall speak all that I command you :
and Aaron your brother shall speak unto Pharaoh ,
that he send the children of Israel out of his land .
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And I will harden Pharaoh '
s heart ,
and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them ,
so did they .
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And Moses was fourscore years old ,
and Aaron fourscore and three years old ,
when they spoke unto Pharaoh .
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron ,
saying ,
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When Pharaoh shall speak unto you ,
saying ,
Show a miracle for you :
then you shall say unto Aaron ,
Take your rod ,
and cast it before Pharaoh ,
and it shall become a serpent .
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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 .
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Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers :
now the magicians of Egypt ,
they also did in like manner with their enchantments .
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For they cast down every man his rod ,
and they became serpents :
but Aaron '
s rod swallowed up their rods .
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And he hardened Pharaoh '
s heart ,
that he hearkened not unto them ;
as the LORD had said .
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And the LORD said unto Moses ,
Pharaoh '
s heart is hardened ,
he refuses to let the people go .
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Get you unto Pharaoh in the morning ;
lo ,
he goes out unto the water ;
and you shall stand by the river '
s brink meeting him ;
and the rod which was turned to a serpent shall you take in yours hand .
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And you shall say unto him ,
The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me unto you ,
saying ,
Let my people go ,
that they may serve me in the wilderness :
and ,
behold ,
until now you would not hear .
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Thus says the LORD ,
In this you shall know that I am the LORD :
behold ,
I will strike with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river ,
and they shall be turned to blood .
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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 .
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses ,
Say unto Aaron ,
Take your rod ,
and stretch out yours 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 .
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And Moses and Aaron did so ,
as the LORD commanded ;
and he lifted up the rod ,
and stroke 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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Pharaoh turned and went into his house ,
neither did he set his heart to this also .
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And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink ;
for they could not drink of the water of the river .
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And seven days were fulfilled ,
after that the LORD had smitten the river .