1And the LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet."
2"You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, so that he sends the children of Israel out of his land."
3"And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt."
4"But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that I may lay my hand upon Egypt. I will bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments."
5"And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand over Egypt and bring the children of Israel out from among them."
9"When Pharaoh speaks to you and says, 'Show a miracle for yourselves,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.'"
10So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did just as the LORD had commanded. 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. And the magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their secret arts.
12For each man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
13And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
15"Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Look, he goes out to the water. You shall stand by the bank of the river to meet him, and you shall take in your hand the rod that was turned into a serpent."
16"And you shall say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, so that they may serve me in the wilderness. And look, until now you would not listen.'"
17"Say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: By this you shall know that I am the LORD. Look, I will strike the waters that are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood.'"
18"'And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink. The Egyptians will not be able to bear drinking the water of the river.'"
19And the LORD spoke to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, so that they may become blood. There shall be blood through all the land of Egypt, both in containers of wood and in containers of stone.'"
20And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded. 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.
21And the fish that were in the river died, and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river. And there was blood through all the land of Egypt.
22And the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
23And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take this to heart either.
24And all the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the river.
25And seven days passed after the LORD had struck the river.