Exodus 7:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If Pharaoh says to you, Let me see a wonder: then say to Aaron, Take your rod and put it down on the earth before Pharaoh so that it may become a snake.

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  • Isa 7:11 : 11 Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.
  • John 2:18 : 18 Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?
  • John 6:30 : 30 So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?
  • Exod 4:2 : 2 And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
  • Exod 4:17 : 17 And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.
  • Exod 4:20 : 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.
  • Exod 7:10-12 : 10 Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had said: and Aaron put his rod down on the earth before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake. 11 Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. 12 For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.
  • Exod 9:23 : 23 And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 10:13 : 13 And Moses' rod was stretched out over the land of Egypt, and the Lord sent an east wind over the land all that day and all the night; and in the morning the locusts came up with the east wind.
  • Ps 74:12-13 : 12 For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth. 13 The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
  • John 10:38 : 38 But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
  • Ezek 29:3 : 3 Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.
  • Matt 12:39 : 39 But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah:

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  • Exod 7:10-13
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    10 Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had said: and Aaron put his rod down on the earth before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a snake.

    11 Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.

    12 For every one of them put down his rod on the earth, and they became snakes: but Aaron's rod made a meal of their rods.

    13 But Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

  • Exod 7:15-17
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    15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning; when he goes out to the water, you will be waiting for him by the edge of the Nile, with the rod which was turned into a snake in your hand;

    16 And say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go so that they may give me worship in the waste land; but up to now you have not given ear to his words.

    17 So the Lord says, By this you may be certain that I am the Lord; see, by the touch of this rod in my hand the waters of the Nile will be turned to blood;

  • Exod 7:6-8
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    6 And Moses and Aaron did so: as the Lord gave them orders, so they did.

    7 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they gave the Lord's word to Pharaoh.

    8 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Exod 4:2-4
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    2 And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

    3 And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.

    4 And the Lord said to Moses, Put out your hand and take it by the tail: (and he put out his hand and took a grip of it and it became a rod in his hand:)

  • Exod 7:19-20
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    19 And the Lord said, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the waters of Egypt, and over the rivers and the streams and the pools, and over every stretch of water, so that they may be turned to blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

    20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had said; and when his rod had been lifted up and stretched out over the waters of the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, all the water in the Nile was turned to blood;

  • Exod 4:17
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    17 And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.

  • Exod 7:1-4
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses, See I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet.

    2 Say whatever I give you orders to say: and Aaron your brother will give word to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of his land.

    3 And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.

    4 But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.

  • Exod 8:5-7
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    5 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the streams and the waterways and the pools, causing frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.

    6 And when Aaron put out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and all the land of Egypt was covered with them.

    7 And the wonder-workers did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up over the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 9:8
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    8 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take in your hand a little dust from the fire and let Moses send it in a shower up to heaven before the eyes of Pharaoh.

  • Exod 8:16
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    16 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let your rod be stretched out over the dust of the earth so that it may become insects through all the land of Egypt.

  • Num 20:9
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    9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders.

  • Exod 4:30
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    30 And Aaron said to them all the words the Lord had said to Moses, and did the signs before all the people.

  • Exod 4:9
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    9 And if they have no faith even in these two signs and will not give ear to your voice, then you are to take the water of the Nile and put it on the dry land: and the water you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.

  • Exod 11:9
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    9 And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 7:22
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    22 And the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same with their secret arts: but Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

  • Exod 9:23
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    23 And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 14:16
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    16 And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.

  • Num 17:9-10
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    9 Then Moses took out all the rods from before the Lord, and gave them back to the children of Israel: and they saw them, and every man took his rod.

    10 And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.

  • Exod 8:19
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    19 Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

  • Exod 17:5
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    5 And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.

  • Exod 8:9
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    9 And Moses said, I will let you have the honour of saying when I am to make prayer for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your houses, and be only in the Nile.

  • Num 21:8-9
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    8 And the Lord said to Moses, Make an image of a snake and put it on a rod, and anyone who has been wounded by the snakes, looking on it will be made well.

    9 So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.

  • Exod 4:21
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    21 And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.

  • Deut 34:11
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    11 In all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;

  • Num 20:7
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    7 And the Lord said to Moses,