Exodus 7:9

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"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

Historical maps are public-domain atlas plates, digitized by Wikimedia Commons.

Egypt was the land ruled by Pharaoh, where Israel was enslaved and where Moses and Aaron confronted his refusal to obey God. The Nile, Egypt’s vital river and source of agricultural life, would soon become central to the signs of judgment that demonstrated the Lord’s authority over Egypt and its gods.

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Exodus 7:9 mentions Egypt and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato