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Exodus 7

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The Book of Exodus

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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.

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Cover of the Old Testament Minute: Exodus by Wally Breitenstein.

Exodus 7-13

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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Thomas Constable

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Albert Barnes (1834)

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Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch (1857–78)

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John Wesley (1754–65)

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Pharaoh Hardened His Heart (Exodus 7)

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Exodus Rediscovered: Documentary

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Jan van 't Hoff, "The Covenant Renewal," Gospel Images.

Moses

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The Finding of Moses by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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Pharaoh, Magicians of

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, "God the Father," ca. 1510-1517.

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*All Dates Are Approximate, according to the narrative of the Bible. These dates may reflect literary significance as opposed to the precise dates of history.

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  • 1446 BC

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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