71 Then the Lord said to Moses , " See , I make you as God to Pharaoh , and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet . 2 "You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land . 3 "But I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt . 4 "When Pharaoh does not listen to you, then I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My hosts , My people the sons of Israel , from the land of Egypt by great judgments . 5 " The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord , when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst ." 6 So Moses and Aaron did it; as the Lord commanded them, thus they did . 7 Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three , when they spoke to Pharaoh .
8 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron , saying , 9 "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying , ' Work a miracle ,' then you shall say to Aaron , ' Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh , that it may become a serpent .' " 10 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh , and thus they did just as the Lord had commanded ; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants , and it became a serpent . 11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers , and they also , the magicians of Egypt , did the same with their secret arts . 12 For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents . But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs . 13 Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened , and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said .
14 Then the Lord said to Moses , "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn ; he refuses to let the people go . 15 "Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water , and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile ; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent . 16 " 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 behold , you have not listened until now ." 17 'Thus says the Lord , " By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold , I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand , and it will be turned to blood . 18 " The fish that are in the Nile will die , and the Nile will become foul , and the Egyptians will find difficulty in drinking water from the Nile .""' 19 Then the Lord said to Moses , "Say to Aaron , 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt , over their rivers , over their streams , and over their pools , and over all their reservoirs of water , that they may become blood ; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt , both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone .' " 20 So Moses and Aaron did even as the Lord had commanded . And he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile , in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants , and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood . 21 The fish that were in the Nile died , and the Nile became foul , so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile . And the blood was through all the land of Egypt . 22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts ; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened , and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said . 23 Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house with no concern e even for this . 24 So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink , for they could not drink of the water of the Nile .
25 Seven days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile .
