“And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.”
Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood. The obedience is public and immediate. The raising of the staff before Pharaoh and his officials means the act is witnessed by the Egyptian court — no one can later claim they did not see. The transformation of all the Nile water to blood is instantaneous and complete. The same river where Pharaoh commanded Hebrew infants to be thrown is now the instrument of judgment against him. What was used as a weapon against Israel becomes a weapon against Egypt. Psalm 78:44 recalls this plague as one of God's testimonies in history: he turned their rivers to blood. The plague is not forgotten; it is rehearsed across generations as proof of God's faithfulness to His people.
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