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1. God Commands Moses and Aaron

2. 1GNVThen the Lord saide to Moses, Behold, I haue made thee Pharaohs God, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy Prophet.BSBBSB: The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
3. 2GNVThou shalt speake all that I commanded thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharaoh, that he suffer the children of Israel to go out of his land.BSBBSB: You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
4. 3GNVBut I will harden Pharaohs heart, and multiplie my miracles and my wonders in the lande of Egypt.BSBBSB: But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
5. 4GNVAnd Pharaoh shall not hearken vnto you, that I may lay mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out myne armies, euen my people, the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, by great iudgements.BSBBSB: Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
6. 5GNVThen the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.BSBBSB: And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
7. 6GNVSo Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, euen so did they.BSBBSB: So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
8. 7GNV(Nowe Moses was foure score yeere olde, and Aaron foure score and three, when they spake vnto Pharaoh)BSBBSB: Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

9. Aaron’s Staff

10. 8GNVAnd the Lord had spoken vnto Moses and Aaron, saying,BSBBSB: The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
11. 9GNVIf Pharaoh speake vnto you, saying, Shewe a miracle for you, then thou shalt say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shalbe turned into a serpent.BSBBSB: “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
12. 10GNVThen went Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and did euen as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast forth his rod before Pharaoh and before his seruants, and it was turned into a serpent.BSBBSB: So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
13. 11GNVThen Pharaoh called also for the wise men and sorcerers: and those charmers also of Egypt did in like maner with their enchantmens,BSBBSB: But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
14. 12GNVFor they cast downe euery man his rod, and they were turned into serpents: but Aarons rodde deuoured their rods.BSBBSB: Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
15. 13GNVSo Pharaohs heart was hardened, and hee hearkened not to them, as the Lord had saide.BSBBSB: Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

16. The First Plague: Blood

17. 14GNVThe Lord then saide vnto Moses, Pharaohs heart is obstinate, hee refuseth to let the people goe.BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
18. 15GNVGoe vnto Pharaoh in the morning, (loe, he will come forth vnto the water) and thou shalt stand and meete him by the riuers brinke, and the rod, which was turned into a serpent, shalt thou take in thine hand.BSBBSB: Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
19. 16GNVAnd thou shalt say vnto him, The Lord God of the Ebrewes hath sent me vnto thee, saying, Let my people goe, that they may serue mee in the wildernesse: and beholde, hitherto thou wouldest not heare.BSBBSB: Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
20. 17GNVThus saith the Lord, In this shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I wil smite with the rodde that is in mine hand vpon the water that is in the riuer, and it shalbe turned to blood.BSBBSB: This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
21. 18GNVAnd the fish that is in the riuer shall dye, and the riuer shall stinke, and it shall grieue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the riuer.BSBBSB: The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
22. 19GNVThe Lord then spake to Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand ouer the waters of Egypt, ouer their streames, ouer their riuers, and ouer their pondes,, and ouer all pooles of their waters, and they shalbe blood, and there shalbe blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and of stone.BSBBSB: And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
23. 20GNVSo Moses and Aaron did euen as the Lord commanded: and hee lift vp the rodde, and smote the water that was in the riuer in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his seruants: and all the water that was in the riuer, was turned into blood.BSBBSB: Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
24. 21GNVAnd the fish that was in the ryuer dyed, and the riuer stanke: so that the Egyptians could not drinke of the water of the riuer: and there was blood throughout all the lande of Egypt.BSBBSB: The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
25. 22GNVAnd the enchanters of Egypt did likewise with their sorceries: and the heart of Phraoh was hardened: so that he did not hearken vnto them, as the Lord had sayde.BSBBSB: But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
26. 23GNVThen Pharaoh returned, and went againe into his house, neither did this yet enter into his heart.BSBBSB: Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.
27. 24GNVAll the Egyptians then digged rounde about the riuer for waters to drinke: for they could not drinke of the water of the riuer.BSBBSB: So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
28. 25GNVAnd this continued fully seuen dayes after the Lord had smitten the riuer.BSBBSB: And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.