# Exodus 07 đ: Water Turned to Blood
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đ Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đ Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#đ¤ Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#đ§ Chapter Summary]]
> [[#âď¸ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#đ Key Principles / đ Life Application]]
> [[#đŹ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#âď¸ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đ Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#đ Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đ Internal Notes]]
## đ Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]] So the Lord said to Moses, âSee, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.Â
[[#Verse 02.]] You are to speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh that he must release the Israelites from his land.
[[#Verse 03.]] But I will harden Pharaohâs heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,Â
[[#Verse 04.]] Pharaoh will not listen to you. I will reach into Egypt and bring out my regiments, my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.
[[#Verse 05.]] Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I extend my hand over Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.â
[[#Verse 06.]] And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.Â
[[#Verse 07.]]Â Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
[[#Verse 08.]] The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,Â
[[#Verse 09.]] âWhen Pharaoh says to you, âDo a miracle,â and you say to Aaron, âTake your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,â it will become a snake.â
[[#Verse 10.]] When Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, they did so, just as the Lord had commanded themâAaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants and it became a snake.Â
[[#Verse 11.]] Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.Â
[[#Verse 12.]] Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaronâs staff swallowed up their staffs.Â
[[#Verse 13.]] Yet Pharaohâs heart became hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.
## Plague One: Water to Blood
[[#Verse 14.]]  The Lord said to Moses, âPharaohâs heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.Â
[[#Verse 15.]] Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Position yourself to meet him by the edge of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake.Â
[[#Verse 16.]] Tell him, âThe Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, âRelease my people, that they may serve me in the wilderness!â But until now you have not listened.Â
[[#Verse 17.]] This is what the Lord has said: âBy this you will know that I am the Lord: I am going to strike the water of the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood.Â
[[#Verse 18.]] Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.âââÂ
[[#Verse 19.]] Then the Lord said to Moses, âTell Aaron, âTake your staff and stretch out your hand over Egyptâs watersâover their rivers, over their canals, over their ponds, and over all their reservoirsâso that it becomes blood.â There will be blood everywhere in the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.âÂ
[[#Verse 20.]] Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord had commanded. He raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.Â
[[#Verse 21.]] When the fish that were in the Nile died, the Nile began to stink, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood everywhere in the land of Egypt!Â
[[#Verse 22.]] But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts, and so Pharaohâs heart remained hard, and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaronâjust as the Lord had predicted.Â
[[#Verse 23.]]Â And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this.Â
[[#Verse 24.]] All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile.
## Plague Two: Frogs
[[#Verse 25.]]  Seven full days passed after the Lord struck the Nile.
## đ Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## đ¤ Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Moses was 80 and Aaron was 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh (7:7).
2. The creature in 7:9-12 is called *tannin*, a different word from the "snake" in 4:3. It can mean a serpent or even a sea creature.
3. Paul names two magicians who opposed Moses as Jannes and Jambres (2 Timothy 3:8), names preserved in Jewish tradition.
4. The Nile was Egypt's lifeline. Nearly all of its farming depended on the river's yearly flood.
5. Egyptians honored the Nile's flood through the god Hapi.
6. The plagues come in three cycles of three before the tenth. The first plague of each cycle begins with Moses meeting Pharaoh in the morning (7:15; 8:20; 9:13).
7. The blood reached even water stored in wooden and stone containers (7:19).
8. The Egyptians dug around the Nile to find drinkable water (7:24).
9. The first plague lasted seven days (7:25).
10. Revelation 16:4 echoes this plague when rivers and springs turn to blood in God's final judgments.
## đ§ Chapter Summary
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## âď¸ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the One whose first sign turned water into wine (John 2:1-11). Moses' first plague turned water into blood in judgment, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17).
## đ Key Principles / đ Life Application
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## đŹ Discussion Questions
1. God says the plagues will show Egypt that He is the Lord (7:5). What do the plagues teach us about who God is?
2. The magicians could copy God's signs but could not undo them (7:11-12, 22). How does the enemy still imitate God's work today?
3. Pharaoh hardened his heart even after seeing God's power (7:13, 22). What helps keep our hearts soft toward God?
## âď¸ Key Verses to Remember
- đ verse 1: God makes Moses like God to Pharaoh, with Aaron as his prophet.
- đ verse 5: The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.
- đ verse 12: Aaron's staff swallows the staffs of the magicians.
## đ Related Passages/Cross Reference
- đ [[John 02#Verse 01.|John 2:1-11]] - Jesus turns water into wine.
- đ [[John 01#Verse 17.|John 1:17]] - Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- đ [[2 Timothy 03#Verse 08.|2 Timothy 3:8-9]] - Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses.
- đ [[Revelation 16#Verse 04.|Revelation 16:4-6]] - The waters become blood in judgment.
- đ [[Psalm 78#Verse 43.|Psalm 78:43-44]] - God turned Egypt's rivers into blood.
## đ Devotional Reflection
đ SOAP: [[Exodus 07- SOAP|God Has Enemies But No Rivals]]
## đ Internal Notes