¹⁹ So the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Take your staff and stretch out your hand^(A) over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers, canals,^[a] ponds, and all their water reservoirs—and they will become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.”

⁶ They will fill your houses, all your officials’ houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians—something your fathers and ancestors never saw since the time they occupied the land until today.” Then he turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.