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Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river`s bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
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Confronting Idolatry at its Source
Commentators explain that God sends Moses to the Nile precisely because it was the heart of Egyptian life and worship. Pharaoh was likely at the river for a religious purpose, as the Nile was revered as a god. By confronting Pharaoh there, God directly challenges the false gods of Egypt on their own ground, setting the stage for the first plague.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He goes out to the water - The Nile was worshipped under various names and symbols; at Memphis especially, as Hapi, i.e. Apis, the sacred bu…
19th Century
Anglican
THE FIRST PLAGUE.
The water turned to blood. —Moses had already been empowered to turn water into…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning The next morning, a time in which the mind is most composed and sedate, and fit…
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Here is the first of the ten plagues: the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast, rolling streams of blo…
