Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh

Exodus 7

1 And the Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like o God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your p prophet. 2 q You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. 3 But r I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I s multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. 5 The Egyptians t shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them." 6 Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them. 7 Now Moses was u eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 "When Pharaoh says to you, v 'Prove yourselves by working a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'" 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the w magicians of Egypt, also x did the same by their secret arts. 12 For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Still r Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, r as the Lord had said.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 4:16
    He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 20:7
    Now then, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.
    1 Samuel 9:9
    (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 4:15
    You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.
    Exodus 6:29
    The Lord said to Moses, "I am the Lord ; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 4:21
    And the Lord said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 11:9
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
    Psalms 135:9
    Who in your midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants.
    Psalms 78:43 - 51
    When he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
    Psalms 105:26 - 36
    He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 7:17
    Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood.
    Exodus 8:10
    And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
    Exodus 8:22
    But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
    Exodus 14:4
    And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord." And they did so.
    Exodus 14:18
    And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:5
    I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.
    Deuteronomy 31:2
    And he said to them, "I am 120 years old today. I am no longer able to go out and come in. The Lord has said to me, 'You shall not go over this Jordan.
    Deuteronomy 34:7
    Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.
    Acts 7:23
    When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
    Acts 7:30
    Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:11
    "Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."
    John 2:18
    So the Jews said to him, "What sign do you show us for doing these things?
    John 4:48
    So Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.
    John 6:30
    So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 41:8
    So in the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 7:12
    For each man cast down his staff, and they beca...
    Exodus 7:22
    But the magicians of Egypt did the same by thei...
    Exodus 8:7
    But the magicians did the same by their secret ...
    Exodus 8:18
    The magicians tried by their secret arts to pro...
    Exodus 9:11
    And the magicians could not stand before Moses ...
    2 Timothy 3:8
    Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so th...
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 7:3
    But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 7:3
    But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
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