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Exodus Chapter 7

¹ForeverOne said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

²You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

³I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

⁴But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

⁵The Egyptians shall know that I am ForeverOne, when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them." ⁶Moses and Aaron did so. As ForeverOne commanded them, so they did.

⁷Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

⁸ForeverOne spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ⁹"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.'" ¹⁰Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as ForeverOne had commanded: and Aaron threw down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

¹¹Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.

¹²For they each threw down their rods, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

¹³Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as ForeverOne had spoken.

¹⁴ForeverOne said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

¹⁵Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

¹⁶You shall tell him, 'ForeverOne, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened.

¹⁷Thus says ForeverOne, "In this you shall know that I am ForeverOne. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

¹⁸The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."'" ¹⁹ForeverOne said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'" ²⁰Moses and Aaron did so, as ForeverOne commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck 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.

²¹The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.

²²The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as ForeverOne had spoken.

²³Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He didn't take even this to heart.

²⁴All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink the water of the river.

²⁵Seven days were fulfilled, after ForeverOne had struck the river.