Exodus 7 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

"I Will Stretch Out My Hand"

Exo 7:1The LORD said to Moshe, "Behold, I have made you as God to Par`oh; and Aharon your brother shall be your prophet.

Exo 7:2

Exo 7:2You shall speak all that I command you; and Aharon your brother shall speak to Par`oh, that he let the children of Yisra'el go out of his land.

Exo 7:3

Exo 7:3I will harden Par`oh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Mitzrayim.

Exo 7:4

Exo 7:4But Par`oh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Mitzrayim, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Yisra'el, out of the land of Mitzrayim by great judgments.

Exo 7:5

Exo 7:5The Mitzrim shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand on Mitzrayim, and bring out the children of Yisra'el from among them."

Exo 7:6

Exo 7:6Moshe and Aharon did so. As the LORD commanded them, so they did.

Exo 7:7

Exo 7:7Moshe was eighty years old, and Aharon eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Par`oh.

Aaron's Rod Becomes a Serpent

(Exo 4:1–5 )

Exo 7:8

Exo 7:8The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,

Exo 7:9

Exo 7:9"When Par`oh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Par`oh, that it become a serpent.'"

Exo 7:10

Exo 7:10Moshe and Aharon went in to Par`oh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded: and Aharon cast down his rod before Par`oh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Exo 7:11

Exo 7:11Then Par`oh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Mitzrayim, did in like manner with their enchantments.

Exo 7:12

Exo 7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aharon's rod swallowed up their rods.

Exo 7:13

Exo 7:13Par`oh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as the LORD had spoken.

Water Is Turned to Blood

Exo 7:14

Exo 7:14The LORD said to Moshe, "Par`oh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

Exo 7:15

Exo 7:15Go to Par`oh 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.

Exo 7:16

Exo 7:16You shall tell him, 'The LORD, 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.

Exo 7:17

Exo 7:17Thus says the LORD, "In this you shall know that I am the LORD. 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.

Exo 7:18

Exo 7:18The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Mitzrim shall loathe to drink water from the river."'"

Exo 7:19

Exo 7:19The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Mitzrayim, 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 Mitzrayim, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"

Exo 7:20

Exo 7:20Moshe and Aharon did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Par`oh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

Exo 7:21

Exo 7:21The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Mitzrim couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Mitzrayim.

Exo 7:22

Exo 7:22The magicians of Mitzrayim did in like manner with their enchantments; and Par`oh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as the LORD had spoken.

Exo 7:23

Exo 7:23Par`oh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.

Exo 7:24

Exo 7:24All the Mitzrim dug round about the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river.

Exo 7:25

Exo 7:25Seven days were fulfilled, after the LORD had struck the river.

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