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It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."

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A Sign of Things to Come

Commentators explain that this third sign was a prophetic warning. Turning the life-giving water of the Nile into blood foreshadowed the future plagues and the transformation of Egypt's prosperity into calamity. It was a small-scale demonstration of the judgment God would bring upon the nation.

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Exodus

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 4:9

19th Century

Bishop

Shall become blood. —The verb is repeated in the Hebrew, which intensifies the assertion. The English equivalent of the phrase used would …

John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 4:9

17th Century

Pastor

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these
two signs
Performed be…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 4:1–9

17th Century

Minister

Moses objects that the people would not take his word unless he showed them some sign. God gives him power to work miracles.

But those who a…

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