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Betake thyself to him to-morrow morning; thou wilt find that he is walking by the water side, and there on the bank of the river, thou shalt meet him. Thou wilt be carrying the staff which turned into a serpent, (Exodus 7, 15)
and this shall be thy message to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to bid thee let his people go and offer him sacrifices in the desert, and hitherto thou hast refused to listen. (Exodus 7, 16)
And now the Lord has a new message for thee, to convince thee that he is indeed the Lord. When I strike the water of the river with this staff I carry, it will turn into blood; (Exodus 7, 17)
the fishes in the river will die, till its waters are full of corruption; it will go hard with the Egyptians if they are for drinking river water. (Exodus 7, 18)
Then the Lord gave Moses a message for Aaron, Take up thy staff, and stretch thy hand out over the waters of Egypt; all their rivers and channels and marshes and pools of water. All must turn into blood; blood in every bucket and pitcher, all over Egypt. (Exodus 7, 19)
So Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had bidden them; Aaron lifted up his staff and struck the waters of the river in the presence of Pharao and his court, and the river turned to blood. (Exodus 7, 20)
But the Egyptian magicians did as much with spells of their own; and Pharao’s heart was still hardened, still he would not obey the Lord’s will and heed their warning. (Exodus 7, 22)
He turned away and went home, paying no more attention to them than before. (Exodus 7, 23)
So passed the first week after the Lord smote the river. (Exodus 7, 25)
And the Lord said to Moses, It is my will that thou shouldst be a divine oracle to Pharao,✻ with thy brother for spokesman; (Exodus 8, 1)
but I, meanwhile, will harden Pharao’s heart. Many signs, many portents will I give in this land of Egypt, (Exodus 8, 3)
All Egypt shall know that it was I, the Lord, who raised my hand against it, and brought out the sons of Israel from its midst. (Exodus 8, 5)
