Exodus 7:23 - Prayer Tents

7The LORD said, "I am going to make you like God to the king, and your brother Aaron will speak to him as your prophet.H3068H559H4872H7200H5414H430H6547H175H251H5030 2Tell Aaron everything I command you, and he will tell the king to let the Israelites leave his country.H1696H6680H175H251H1696H6547H7971H1121H3478H776 3But I will make the king stubborn, and he will not listen to you, no matter how many terrifying things I do in Egypt.H7185H6547H3820H7235H226H4159H776H4714 4Then I will bring severe punishment on Egypt and lead the tribes of my people out of the land.H6547H8085H5414H3027H4714H3318H6635H5971H1121H3478H776H4714H1419H8201 5The Egyptians will then know that I am the LORD, when I raise my hand against them and bring the Israelites out of their country."H4714H3045H3068H5186H3027H4714H3318H1121H3478H8432 6Moses and Aaron did what the LORD commanded.H4872H175H6213H3068H6680H6213 7At the time when they spoke to the king, Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three.H4872H8084H8141H1121H175H8084H7969H8141H1121H1696H6547

Aaron’s Walking Stick

8The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H559H4872H175H559 9"If the king demands that you prove yourselves by performing a miracle, tell Aaron to take his walking stick and throw it down in front of the king, and it will turn into a snake."H6547H1696H559H5414H4159H559H175H3947H4294H7993H6440H6547H8577 10So Moses and Aaron went to the king and did as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his walking stick down in front of the king and his officers, and it turned into a snake.H4872H175H935H6547H6213H3068H6680H175H7993H4294H6440H6547H6440H5650H8577 11Then the king called for his wise men and magicians, and by their magic they did the same thing.H6547H7121H2450H3784H2748H4714H6213H3651H3858 12They threw down their walking sticks, and the sticks turned into snakes. But Aaron's stick swallowed theirs.H7993H376H4294H8577H175H4294H1104H4294 13The king, however, remained stubborn and, just as the LORD had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.H2388H6547H3820H8085H3068H1696

Disasters Strike Egypt

14Then the LORD said to Moses, "The king is very stubborn and refuses to let the people go.H3068H559H4872H6547H3820H3515H3985H5971H7971 15So go and meet him in the morning when he goes down to the Nile. Take with you the walking stick that was turned into a snake, and wait for him on the riverbank.H3212H6547H1242H3318H4325H5324H2975H8193H7125H4294H2015H5175H3947H3027 16Then say to the king, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to tell you to let his people go, so that they can worship him in the desert. But until now you have not listened.H559H3068H430H5680H7971H559H5971H7971H5647H4057H3541H8085 17Now, Your Majesty, the LORD says that you will find out who he is by what he is going to do. Look, I am going to strike the surface of the river with this stick, and the water will be turned into blood.H559H3068H3045H3068H5221H4294H3027H4325H2975H2015H1818 18The fish will die, and the river will stink so much that the Egyptians will not be able to drink from it.' "H1710H2975H4191H2975H887H4714H3811H8354H4325H2975 19The LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to take his stick and hold it out over all the rivers, canals, and pools in Egypt. The water will become blood, and all over the land there will be blood, even in the wooden tubs and stone jars."H3068H559H4872H559H175H3947H4294H5186H3027H4325H4714H5104H2975H98H4723H4325H1818H1818H776H4714H6086H68 20Then Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded. In the presence of the king and his officers, Aaron raised his stick and struck the surface of the river, and all the water in it was turned into blood.H4872H175H6213H3068H6680H7311H4294H5221H4325H2975H5869H6547H5869H5650H4325H2975H2015H1818 21The fish in the river died, and it smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink from it. There was blood everywhere in Egypt.H1710H2975H4191H2975H887H4714H3201H8354H4325H2975H1818H776H4714 22Then the king's magicians did the same thing by means of their magic, and the king was as stubborn as ever. Just as the LORD had said, the king refused to listen to Moses and Aaron.H2748H4714H6213H3909H6547H3820H2388H8085H3068H1696 23Instead, he turned and went back to his palace without paying any attention even to this.H6547H6437H935H1004H7896H3820H2063 24All the Egyptians dug along the bank of the river for drinking water, because they were not able to drink water from the river.H4714H2658H5439H2975H4325H8354H3201H8354H4325H2975 25Seven days passed after the LORD struck the river.H7651H3117H4390H310H3068H5221H2975