Exodus 7

And the Lord said to Moses, saying, "Behold, I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

And you shall speak to him all that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, so as to send out the sons of Israel from his land.

But I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply my signs and the wonders in the land of Egypt.

And Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and I will bring out with my host my people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt with great vengeance.

And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, stretching out my hand upon Egypt; and I will bring out the sons of Israel from their midst."

So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them; thus they did.

And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

"And if Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Give us a sign or a wonder,' then you shall say to Aaron your brother, 'Take the rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharaoh and before his attendants,' and it shall become a serpent."

So Moses and Aaron went in before Pharaoh and his attendants, and they did so, just as the Lord commanded them. And Aaron cast down the rod before Pharaoh and before his attendants, and it became a serpent.

Then Pharaoh called together the sages of Egypt and the sorcerers, and the enchanters of the Egyptians also did likewise with their sorceries.

And each one cast down his rod, and they became serpents; but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.

And the heart of Pharaoh grew strong, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to them.

And the Lord said to Moses, "The heart of Pharaoh has been made heavy, so as not to send out the people.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning; behold, he goes out to the water, and you shall stand meeting him on the bank of the river, and you shall take in your hand the rod that was turned into a snake.

And you shall say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying: Send out my people, that they may serve me in the wilderness; and behold, until now you have not listened.

Thus says the Lord: By this you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the water that is in the river, and it shall be changed into blood.

And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink, and the Egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river."

And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron your brother, 'Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers and over their canals and over their marshes and over all their standing water, and it shall become blood.'" And there was blood in all the land of Egypt, both in the wood and in the stones.

And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord commanded them; and lifting up with his rod he struck the water that was in the river before Pharaoh and before his attendants, and he changed all the water that was in the river into blood.

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

And the enchanters of the Egyptians also did likewise with their sorceries; and the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not set his mind even upon this.

And all the Egyptians dug around the river so as to drink water, for they could not drink water from the river.

And seven days were fulfilled after the Lord struck the river.

And the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord: Send out my people, that they may serve me.

But if you are unwilling to send them out, behold, I am striking all your borders with frogs.

And the river shall belch forth frogs, and coming up they shall enter into your houses and into the inner chambers of your bedrooms and upon your beds and into the houses of your attendants and of your people, and into your kneading bowls and into your ovens.

And upon you and upon your attendants and upon your people the frogs shall come up.'"