Exodus 7:1

CHAPTER VII

The dignified mission of Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh-the one to be

as God, the other as a prophet of the Most High, 1, 2.

The prediction that Pharaoh's heart should be hardened, that God

might multiply his signs and wonders in Egypt, that the inhabitants

might know he alone was the true God, 3-4.

The age of Moses and Aaron, 7.

God gives them directions how they should act before Pharaoh, 5, 9.

Moses turns his rod into a serpent, 10.

The magicians imitate this miracle, and Pharaoh's heart is hardened,

11-13.

Moses is commanded to wait upon Pharaoh next morning when he should

come to the river, and threaten to turn the waters into blood if he

did not let the people go, 14-18.

The waters in all the land of Egypt are turned into blood, 19, 20.

The fish die, 21.

The magicians imitate this, and Pharaoh's heart is again hardened,

22, 23.

The Egyptians sorely distressed because of the bloody waters, 24.

This plague endures seven days, 25.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII

Verse Exodus 7:1. I have made thee a god] At thy word every plague shall come, and at thy command each shall be removed. Thus Moses must have appeared as a god to Pharaoh.

Shall be thy prophet.] Shall receive the word from thy mouth, and communicate it to the Egyptian king, Exodus 7:2.