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15 In the morning, just when he sets out for the water, go to Pharaoh and present yourself by the bank of the Nile, holding in your hand the staff that turned into a snake.[a] 16 Say to him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you with the message: Let my people go to serve me in the wilderness. But as yet you have not listened. 17 Thus says the Lord: This is how you will know that I am the Lord. With the staff here in my hand, I will strike the water in the Nile and it will be changed into blood.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:15 The staff that turned into a snake: the allusion is to 4:2–4 rather than 7:9–12. The latter comes from the hand of the Priestly writer and features Aaron—with his staff—as the principal actor.

15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river.(A) Confront him on the bank of the Nile,(B) and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. 16 Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship(C) me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.(D) 17 This is what the Lord says: By this you will know that I am the Lord:(E) With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.(F)

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