Bible Verses

By this, you shall know that I am the Lord: Look, I will strike the water of the Nile with the staff I have in my hand, and it will turn into blood!

You will say to him, “The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to say to you: ‘Let my people go to worship me in the desert, but so far you have not listened.

So you will go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes to the water. Wait for him on the bank of the river and hold in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.

The First Plague: Water Is Turned into Blood The Lord said to Moses: “Pharaoh is stubborn; he has refused to let the people leave.

However, Pharaoh was obstinate and did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Each one threw his staff down, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed the magicians’ staffs.

Pharaoh then summoned wise men and magicians, and they, too, the magicians of Egypt, did the same through their secret arts.

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw his staff before Pharaoh and his ministers, and it became a snake.

 “When Pharaoh speaks to you and tells you to perform a miracle to prove the truth of what you say, you will say to Aaron: ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a snake.’”

The Miraculous Staff The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: