Quotes About Divine

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

“When Pharaoh tells you, ëPerform a miracle,í you are to say to Aaron, ëTake your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,í and it will become a serpent.”

Still, Pharaohís heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaohís heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ëTake your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.í There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.í”

And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ëStretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.í”

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ëStretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.í”

“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaohís heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.í”

And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaohís palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.í”

And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaohís heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.

The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

But the LORD hardened Pharaohís heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.