Daily Discovery Bible Study

14 The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh has a stubborn attitude—he's refusing to let the people go.15 So tomorrow morning go to Pharaoh as he walks down to the river. Wait to meet him on the bank of the Nile. Take with you the walking stick that turned into a snake.16 Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you, ‘Let my people go, so that they can worship me in the desert. But you have not listened up until now.17 This is what the Lord is now telling you: This is how you will know that I am the Lord.’”

“Watch! Using the walking stick I'm holding, I'm going to hit the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood. 18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will smell, and the Egyptians won't be able to drink any of its water.”

19 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your walking stick in your hand and hold it out over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers and canals and ponds and pools, so that they will turn to blood. There will be blood through all of Egypt, even in containers made of wood and stone.’”

20 Moses and Aaron did exactly as the Lord had ordered. While Pharaoh and all his officials watched, Aaron lifted up his walking stick and hit the water of the Nile. Immediately the whole river turned to blood!21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so awful that the Egyptians could not drink its water. There was blood through all of Egypt!22 But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts. Pharaoh maintained his stubborn attitude and he wouldn't listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.23 Pharaoh went back to his palace and didn't pay any attention to what had happened.24 All the Egyptians dug alongside the Nile because they couldn't drink its water.25 Seven days went by after the Lord hit the Nile.

Exodus 7: 14-25