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Exodus

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy broth­er shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I com­mand thee: and Aaron thy broth­er shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the chil­dren of Is­rael out of his land. 3 And I will hard­en Pharaoh's heart, and mul­ti­ply my signs and my won­ders in the land of Egypt. 4 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. 5 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. 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD com­mand­ed them, so did they. 7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, say­ing, 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, say­ing, Shew a mir­a­cle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it be­fore Pharaoh, and it shall be­come a ser­pent. 10 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. 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sor­cer­ers: now the ma­gi­cians of Egypt, they also did in like man­ner with their en­chant­ments. 12 For they cast down ev­ery man his rod, and they be­came ser­pents: but Aaron's rod swal­lowed up their rods. 13 And he hard­ened Pharaoh's heart, that he hear­kened not unto them; as the LORD had said. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hard­ened, he re­fuseth to let the peo­ple go. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morn­ing; lo, he goeth out unto the wa­ter; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a ser­pent shalt thou take in thine hand. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the He­brews hath sent me unto thee, say­ing, Let my peo­ple go, that they may serve me in the wilder­ness: and, be­hold, hith­er­to thou wouldest not hear. 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: be­hold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the wa­ters which are in the riv­er, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the riv­er shall die, and the riv­er shall stink; and the Egyp­tians shall lothe to drink of the wa­ter of the riv­er. 19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine 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. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD com­mand­ed; and he lift­ed up the rod, and 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. 21 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. 22 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. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, nei­ther did he set his heart to this al­so. 24 And all the Egyp­tians digged round about the riv­er for wa­ter to drink; for they could not drink of the wa­ter of the riv­er. 25 And sev­en days were ful­filled, af­ter that the LORD had smit­ten the riv­er.