# Exodus 07 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Exodus Overview]]. [[Exodus 06]]. [[Exodus 08]]. > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) [[#Verse 01.]] So the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.  [[#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 Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,  [[#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.” [[#Verse 06.]] And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.  [[#Verse 07.]] 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,  [[#Verse 09.]] “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Do a miracle,’ and you say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ it will become a snake.” [[#Verse 10.]] When Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, they did so, just as the Lord had commanded them—Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants and it became a snake.  [[#Verse 11.]] Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.  [[#Verse 12.]] Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.  [[#Verse 13.]] Yet Pharaoh’s 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, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.  [[#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.  [[#Verse 16.]] Tell him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, “Release my people, that they may serve me in the wilderness!” But until now you have not listened.  [[#Verse 17.]] This is what the Lord has said: “By 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.  [[#Verse 18.]] Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.”’”  [[#Verse 19.]] Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over Egypt’s waters—over their rivers, over their canals, over their ponds, and over all their reservoirs—so that it becomes blood.’ There will be blood everywhere in the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.”  [[#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.  [[#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!  [[#Verse 22.]] But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts, and so Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron—just as the Lord had predicted.  [[#Verse 23.]] And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this.  [[#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. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes