Exodus 7
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Summary
The Lord tells Moses to go to Pharoah once again and give him God’s message. Aaron’s staff becomes a serpent before Pharaoh. Pharaoh’s magicians also turn staffs into serpents, but Aarons serpent devours their serpents. The Nile turns to blood.
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| (1) And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. | (2) And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a prophet to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy spokesman. |
| (2) Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. | (2) Thou shalt speak unto thy brother all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. |
| (3) And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. | (3) And Pharaoh will harden his heart, as I said unto thee, and thou shalt multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. |
| (4) But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. | (4) But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, therefore I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. |
| (9) When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. | (9) When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle that I may know you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. |
| (13) And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said. | (13) And Pharaoh hardened his heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said. |
Commentary
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Wally Breitenstein, “Exodus 7–13,” in Exodus, Old Testament Minute Commentary Series, ed. Taylor Halverson (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021).
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Further Reading
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does the Book of Mosiah Refer to the Exodus Narrative? (Mosiah 11:27)” KnoWhy 416 (May 16, 2019).
S. Kent Brown, “The Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon,” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 111–126.
George A. Horton Jr. “Insights into Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy,” in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Things, ed. Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1985), 71–88.
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