20 And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord commanded. So he (A)lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. And all the (B)waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 The fish that were in the river died, the river stank, and the Egyptians (C)could not drink the water of the river. So there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

22 (D)Then the magicians of Egypt did (E)so with their [a]enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, (F)as the Lord had said.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 7:22 secret arts

20 Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded.(A) He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile,(B) and all the water was changed into blood.(C) 21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.

22 But the Egyptian magicians(D) did the same things by their secret arts,(E) and Pharaoh’s heart(F) became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

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