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Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

Tell Aaron everything I command you, and he will tell the king to let the Israelites leave his country.

"If the king demands that you prove yourselves by performing a miracle, tell Aaron to take his walking stick and throw it down in front of the king, and it will turn into a snake."

So Moses and Aaron went to the king and did as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw his walking stick down in front of the king and his officers, and it turned into a snake.

Then the king called for his wise men and magicians, and by their magic they did the same thing.

Then say to the king, ‘The Lord , the God of the Hebrews, sent me to tell you to let his people go, so that they can worship him in the desert. But until now you have not listened.

The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to take his stick and hold it out over all the rivers, canals, and pools in Egypt. The water will become blood, and all over the land there will be blood, even in the wooden tubs and stone jars."

Then Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded. In the presence of the king and his officers, Aaron raised his stick and struck the surface of the river, and all the water in it was turned into blood.

Instead, he turned and went back to his palace without paying any attention even to this.

The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to hold out his walking stick over the rivers, the canals, and the pools, and make frogs come up and cover the land of Egypt."

Gnats The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to strike the ground with his stick, and all over the land of Egypt the dust will change into gnats."

So Aaron struck the ground with his stick, and all the dust in Egypt was turned into gnats, which covered the people and the animals.

The Lord sent great swarms of flies into the king's palace and the houses of his officials. The whole land of Egypt was brought to ruin by the flies.

and the Lord did as Moses asked. The flies left the king, his officials, and his people; not one fly remained.

So Moses raised his stick toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the ground. The Lord sent

Moses left the king, went out of the city, and lifted up his hands in prayer to the Lord . The thunder, the hail, and the rain all stopped.

When the king saw what had happened, he sinned again. He and his officials remained as stubborn as ever

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go and see the king. I have made him and his officials stubborn, in order that I may perform these miracles among them

So Moses raised his stick, and the Lord caused a wind from the east to blow on the land all that day and all that night. By morning it had brought the locusts.

Moses raised his hand toward the sky, and there was total darkness throughout Egypt for three days.