Exodus 7
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And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

wise men

Genesis 41:8,38,39 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; …

Isaiah 19:11,12 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors …

Isaiah 47:12,13 Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your …

Daniel 2:2,27 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, …

Daniel 4:7-9 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the …

Daniel 5:7,11 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, …

2 Timothy 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist …

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked …

sorcerers. Probably from the Arabic kashapha, to discover, reveal, signifies diviners, or those who pretended to reveal futurity, to discover things lost, or to find hidden treasures.

the also

Exodus 7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's …

Exodus 8:7,18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up …

Deuteronomy 13:1-3 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives …

Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall …

Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey …

Ephesians 4:14 That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried …

2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power …

Revelation 13:11-15 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had …

enchantments. By the word Lahatim, from lahat, to burn, may be meant such incantations as required lustral fires, fumigations.

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

thou shalt

Exodus 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth …

Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to …

Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: …

1 Samuel 17:46,47 This day will the LORD deliver you into my hand; and I will smite …

1 Kings 20:28 And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and …

2 Kings 19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech you, save you us out of his hand…

Psalm 9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is …

Psalm 83:18 That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the …

Ezekiel 29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall …

Ezekiel 30:8,19 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in …

Ezekiel 32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall …

Ezekiel 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known …

Ezekiel 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them …

Daniel 4:17,32,37 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the …

Daniel 5:21,23 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like …

and they

Exodus 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born …

Exodus 4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two …

Psalm 78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they …

Psalm 105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

Revelation 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning …

Revelation 16:3-6 And the second angel poured out his vial on the sea; and it became …

And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

the fish

Exodus 7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and …

Egyptians. 'The water of Egypt,' says Abbe Mascrier, 'is so delicious, that one would not wish the heat to be less, or to be delivered from the sensation of thirst. The Turks find it so exquisite, that they excite themselves to drink of it by eating salt.' 'A person,' adds Mr. Harmer, 'who never before heard of the deliciousness of the Nile water, and of the large quantities which on that account are drunk of it, will, I am sure, find an energy in those words of Moses to Pharaoh, the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river, which he never did before.' shall loathe

Exodus 7:24 And all the Egyptians dig round about the river for water to drink; …

Numbers 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it …

Numbers 21:5 And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you …

And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

he lifted

Exodus 17:5,6,9-12 And the LORD said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with …

Numbers 20:8-12 Take the rod, and gather you the assembly together, you, and Aaron …

all the waters. As the Nile was held sacred by the Egyptians, as well as the animals it contained, to which they annually sacrificed a girl, or as others say, both a boy and girl, God might have designed this plague as a punishment for such idolatry and cruelty; and to shew them the baseness of those elements which they reverenced, and the insufficiency of the gods in which they trusted. All the punishments brought upon them bore a strict analogy to their crimes.

Genesis 7:17,18 And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, …

Psalm 78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they …

Psalm 105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

John 2:9-11 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, …

Revelation 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning …

And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink…

Revelation 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had …

The first miracle of Christ turned water into wine, the first plague upon Egypt turned all their water into blood.

And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
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