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14 Va’eira – Day 4
Sh’moth 7:8-8:6
And YHWH spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Show a miracle for yourselves,’ then you shall say to Aharon, ‘Take your rod and throw it before Pharaoh, and let it become a serpent.’”
So Mosheh and Aharon went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as YHWH commanded. And Aharon threw his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the practisers of witchcraft. And they, the magicians of Mitsrayim, also did so with their magic.
And they, each one, threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But the rod of Aharon swallowed up their rods.
And Pharaoh’s heart was strengthened, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.
And YHWH said to Mosheh, “The heart of Pharaoh is hard, he refuses to let the people go.
“Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he goes out to the water, and you shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him. And take in your hand the rod which was turned into a serpent.
“And you shall say to him, ‘YHWH the Elohim of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, so that they serve Me in the wilderness,” but see, until now you have not listened!
‘Thus said YHWH, “By this you know that I am YHWH. See, I am striking the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood, and the fish in the river shall die. And the river shall stink, and the Mitsrites shall find it impossible to drink the water of the river.”’”
And YHWH spoke to Mosheh, “Say to Aharon, ‘Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Mitsrayim, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they become blood. And there shall be blood in all the land of Mitsrayim, both in wooden and in stone containers.’”
And Mosheh and Aharon did so, as YHWH commanded. And he lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river, in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants. And all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
And the fish that were in the river died, and the river stank, and the Mitsrites were unable to drink the water of the river. And the blood was in all the land of Mitsrayim.
And the magicians of Mitsrayim did the same with their magic. And the heart of Pharaoh was strengthened, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had said.
And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and his heart was not moved by this either.
And all the Mitsrites dug all around the river for water to drink, for they were unable to drink the water of the river.
And seven days were completed after YHWH had struck the river.
And YHWH spoke to Mosheh, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus said YHWH, “Let My people go, so that they serve Me.
“But if you refuse to let them go, see, I am smiting all your border with frogs.
“And the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and shall come into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls, and the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”‘“
And YHWH said to Mosheh, “Say to Aharon, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Mitsrayim.’”
So Aharon stretched out his hand over the waters of Mitsrayim, and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Mitsrayim. And the magicians did so with their magic, and brought up frogs on the land of Mitsrayim.