Êxodo 7:1-8

1 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés: Eis que te tenho posto como Deus a Faraó, e Arão, teu irmão, será o teu profeta.

2 Tu falarás tudo o que eu te mandar; e Arão, teu irmão, falará a Faraó, que deixe ir os filhos de Israel da sua terra.

3 Eu, porém, endurecerei o coração de Faraó e multiplicarei na terra do Egito os meus sinais e as minhas maravilhas.

4 Mas Faraó não vos ouvirá; e eu porei minha mão sobre o Egito, e tirarei os meus exércitos, o meu povo, os filhos de Israel, da terra do Egito, com grandes juízos.

5 E os egípcios saberão que eu sou o Senhor, quando estender a minha mão sobre o Egito, e tirar os filhos de Israel do meio deles.

6 Assim fizeram Moisés e Arão; como o Senhor lhes ordenara, assim fizeram.

7 Tinha Moisés oitenta anos, e Arão oitenta e três, quando falaram a Faraó.

8 Falou, pois, o Senhor a Moisés e Arão:

Êxodo 7:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 7

Moses and Aaron are ordered to go to Pharaoh, and require the dismission of the people of Israel, but they are told before hand that Pharaoh's heart would be hardened, and would refuse to let them go, until the hand of the Lord was stretched out, and great judgments were brought down upon, Egypt, and then they should come forth, Ex 7:1-5, which orders Moses and Aaron obeyed, and their age is observed, when this was done, Ex 7:6,7 and they are bid to work a miracle, when Pharaoh should demand one, by turning a rod into a serpent, which they did; but Pharaoh's magicians doing the same in appearance, his heart was hardened, Ex 7:8-14 and then they are directed to meet him at the river, and require the same as before; and if he refused, to smite the waters of the river with the rod, and turn them into blood, which they did, Ex 7:15-21, but Pharaoh's magicians doing the same by enchantments, he did not regard it, though the plague lasted seven days, Ex 7:22-25.