Chūāijíjì 7:8-13

8 Yēhéhuá xiǎoyù Móxī , Yàlún shuō ,

9 Fǎlǎo ruò duì nǐmen shuō , nǐmen xíng jiàn qí shì ba . nǐ jiù fēnfu Yàlún shuō , bǎ zhàng diū zaì fǎlǎo miànqián , shǐ zhàng biàn zuò shé .

10 Móxī , Yàlún jìn qù jiàn fǎlǎo , jiù zhào Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu de xíng . Yàlún bǎ zhàng diū zaì fǎlǎo hé chénpú miànqián , zhàng jiù biàn zuò shé .

11 Yúshì fǎlǎo shào le bóshì hé shùshì lái , tāmen shì Āijí xíng fǎshù de , yĕ yòng xiéshù zhàoyàng ér xíng .

12 Tāmen gèrén diū xià zìjǐ de zhàng , zhàng jiù biàn zuò shé , dàn Yàlún de zhàng tūn le tāmende zhàng .

13 Fǎlǎo xīnli gāng yìng , bú kĕn tīng cóng Móxī , Yàlún , zhèng rú Yēhéhuá suǒ shuō de .

Chūāijíjì 7:8-13 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.