“And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.”
The Lord said to Moses, say to Aaron: take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt — over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs — and they will turn to blood. Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone. The scope of the plague is comprehensive: not just the Nile but every water source. Streams, canals, ponds, reservoirs, and even water stored in containers. There is no part of Egypt's water system that escapes. The thoroughness is theological: the judgment that falls on Egypt's waters reaches into every corner, every home, every vessel. Revelation 8:8–9 and 16:3–4 envision similar comprehensive judgments at the end of history. The blood in the wood and stone vessels is the blood that will not go away — it follows into the private spaces, the domestic spaces, the spaces Pharaoh cannot see from his throne.
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