Exo 7:9-20 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ 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 .’”

‏ Exodus 7:9-20

9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘ ^{▼▼ Lit Show a wonder for yourselves
,} ^bWork a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘ ^cTake 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 ^{▼▼ Lit before his}his servants, and it ^ebecame a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also ^fcalled for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the ^{▼▼ Or soothsayer priests
,} ^hmagicians of Egypt, did ^{▼▼ Lit thus}the same with ^jtheir 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 ^kPharaoh’s heart was ^{▼▼ Lit strong}hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Water Is Turned to Blood

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is ^{▼▼ Or hard; lit heavy}stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. 15 “Go to Pharaoh in the morning ^{▼▼ Lit behold}as ^ohe 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 ^pthe staff that was turned into a serpent. 16 ^q“You shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, ^r“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, ^s“By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I will strike ^{▼▼ Lit upon the waters}the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and ^uit will be turned to blood. 18 ^v“The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will ^{▼▼ I.e. have a bad smell}become foul, and the Egyptians will ^{▼▼ Or be weary of
,} ^yfind difficulty in drinking water from the Nile.”’” 19 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and ^zstretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their ^{▼▼ Or canals}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 ^{▼▼ Lit with the staff
,} ^acthe staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and ^adall the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.