Exo 7:8-21 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron , saying ,

Exodus 7:8-21

Aaron’s Staff Turns into a Serpent

8 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘ ^{▼▼Lit Show a wonder for yourselves
,} ^bWork a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘ ^cTake your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, so that it may turn into a serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and so they did, just as the Lord had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and ^{▼▼Lit before his}his servants, and it ^eturned into a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also ^fcalled for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they too, the ^gsoothsayer priests of Egypt, did the same with ^htheir secret arts. 12 For each one threw down his staff, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs. 13 Yet ⁱPharaoh’s heart was ^{▼▼Lit strong}hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Water Turned into Blood

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is ^{▼▼Or hard; lit heavy}stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning ^{▼▼Lit behold}just as ^mhe is going out to the water, and position yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand ⁿthe staff that was turned into a serpent. 16 And ^oyou shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “ ^pLet My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened up to now.” 17 This is what the Lord says: “ ^qBy this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I am going to strike ^{▼▼Lit upon the waters}the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and ^sit will be turned into blood. 18 Then ^tthe fish that are in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will ^{▼▼Lit be weary of
,} ^vno longer be able to drink water from the Nile.”’” 19 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and ^wextend your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their ^{▼▼Or canals}streams, over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, so that they may become blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, both in containers of wood and in containers of stone.’”

20 So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. And he lifted up ^{▼▼Lit with the staff
,} ^zthe staff and struck the water that was in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants; and ^aaall the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood. 21 Then the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt.