Why, when Moses was instructed in Exodus 4:9 to take water from the Nile and pour it on the dry land to become blood, does Exodus 7:17 tell us he struck the Nile with his rod and the water became blood?

There is a difference in the instructions God gave Moses at the burning bush and what He tells Pharaoh when he strikes the waters in the river and it becomes blood.

Clarify • Share • Report • Asked January 20 2015 • Linda Hobart