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| 1And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. | 1The LORD answered Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. |
| 2You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. | 2You must say whatever I command you; then Aaron your brother must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go from his land. |
| 3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, | 3But I will harden Pharaoh's heart and multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. |
| 4Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. | 4Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put my hand into Egypt and bring the military divisions of my people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. |
| 5The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” | 5The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them." |
| 6Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the LORD commanded them. | 6So Moses and Aaron did this; they did just as the LORD commanded them. |
| 7Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh. | 7Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh. |
| 8Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, | 8The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, |
| 9“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’” | 9"When Pharaoh tells you, 'Perform a miracle,' tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh. It will become a serpent.'" |
| 10So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. | 10So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent. |
| 11Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. | 11But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers--the magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices. |
| 12For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. | 12Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron's staff swallowed their staffs. |
| 13Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. | 13However, Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. |
| 14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go. | 14Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard: He refuses to let the people go. |
| 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent. | 15Go to Pharaoh in the morning. When you see him walking out to the water, stand ready to meet him by the bank of the Nile. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a snake. |
| 16And you shall say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness.” But so far, you have not obeyed. | 16Tell 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 so far you have not listened. |
| 17Thus says the LORD, “By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. | 17This is what the LORD says: Here is how you will know that I am the LORD. Watch. I am about to strike the water in the Nile with the staff in my hand, and it will turn to blood. |
| 18The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will grow weary of drinking water from the Nile.”’” | 18The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from it." |
| 19And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’” | 19So the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron: Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt--over their rivers, canals, ponds, and all their water reservoirs--and they will become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers." |
| 20Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood. | 20Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, he raised the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile was turned to blood. |
| 21And the fish in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. | 21The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt. |
| 22But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. | 22But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. |
| 23Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart. | 23Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and didn't take even this to heart. |
| 24And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the Nile. | 24All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink because they could not drink the water from the river. |
| 25Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile. | 25Seven days passed after the LORD struck the Nile. |
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