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Yahweh said to Moses , "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh ; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet .
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You 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 .
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I will harden Pharaoh's heart , and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt .
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But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt , and bring forth my armies , my people the children of Israel , out of the land of Egypt by great judgments .
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The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh , when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt , and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
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Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
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Moses was eighty years old , and Aaron eighty -three years old , when they spoke to Pharaoh .
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Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying,
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"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aaron , 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh , that it become a serpent.'"
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Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh , and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants , and it became a serpent.
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Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt , did the same thing with their enchantments.
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For they each cast down their rods , and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods .
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Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken .
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Yahweh said to Moses , "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go .
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Go 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 .
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You shall tell him, 'Yahweh , 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.
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Thus says Yahweh , "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh . 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 .
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The 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."'"
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Yahweh 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 .'"
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Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh 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 .
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The 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 .
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The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken .
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Pharaoh turned and went into his house , neither did he lay even this to heart .
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All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink ; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.
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Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.