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The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."`"
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A Just and Fitting Judgment
Commentators emphasize that this plague was a form of divine justice. The Egyptians had idolized the Nile river, and God turned their object of worship into a source of horror. Furthermore, they had stained the river with the blood of Hebrew infants, and God justly made the entire river blood, a direct and fitting retribution for their cruelty.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shall lothe - The water of the Nile has always been regarded by the Egyptians as a blessing unique to their land. It is the only pu…
19th Century
Anglican
THE FIRST PLAGUE.
The water turned to blood. —Moses had already been empowered to turn water into…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the fish that is in the river shall die Their element being changed, and they not able to live in any other but …
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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…
