¹⁹ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and ^(A)extend your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their ^[a]streams, over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, so that they may become blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, both in containers of wood and in containers of stone.’”

²⁰ So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. And he lifted up ^[b](B)the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants; and ^(C)all the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood.

¹⁶ As for you, lift up ^(A)your staff and reach out with your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall ^[a]go through the midst of the sea on dry land.