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Exodus 7:17

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17 'Thus says the LORD, "1By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and 2it will be turned to blood.
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Exodus 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 7:17

Thus saith the Lord, in this thou shalt know that I am the
Lord
By the following instance of his power and vengeance:

behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand;
which though in the hand of Moses, ( Exodus 7:18 ) yet he being his ambassador, and representing him, is said to be in the hand of the Lord; and with this he threatens to smite

upon the waters which are in the river;
the river Nile, and the canals thereof:

and they shall be turned to blood;
and if this river was their god, it would abundantly appear that the God of the Hebrews was Jehovah, and above all gods, and particularly above theirs.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 7:17 In-Context

15 "Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
16 "You shall say to him, 'The LORD , the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now."
17 'Thus says the LORD , "By this you shall know that I am the LORD : behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to blood.
18 "The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will become foul, and the Egyptians will find difficulty in drinking water from the Nile.""'
19 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.' "

Cross References 2

  • 1. Exodus 5:2; Exodus 7:5; Exodus 10:2; Psalms 9:16; Ezekiel 25:17
  • 2. Exodus 4:9; Exodus 7:20; Revelation 11:6; Revelation 16:4, 6

Footnotes 1

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