Struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood

Exodus 7:8-25

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.

But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs—and they will turn to blood.’ Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels[a] of wood and stone.”

Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood. The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.

But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the river.

The magicians may counterfeit, but they cannot countermand(反擊).The Nile, the heart of the nation's economy and worship - its lifeblood - 'turns to blood': the fish cannot live in the thick, red water.

Why?

The first two miracles are performed by Aaron, and the Lord said to Moses, Moses tell Aaron.

The magicians may counterfeit, but could not countermand. For they are doing false phenomenon. But Moses did the real change from staff to snake.

The Nile is the life to Egyptians, but turn to red all living life are dying, so it is the sign Egyptians will pay for the blood in the next step when their heart is hard.

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杖變蛇，亞倫的蛇吃了術士的蛇，但是這裏記載枚吞枚，杖代表權柄，神的勢力勝過法老的勢力，勝過撒旦的勢力。已經宣告神得勝利。

神再次預告法老不會聽，以免摩西又氣餒。

尼羅河被埃及人視為守護神的河，現在水變血，變臭，變成死亡，沒有生命的河，變成埃及人厭惡的河。

如果術士反對神，應該將血變乾淨，卻也將水變成血，最終帶來更多的災難。神的目的叫愛神的得益處。術士卻使災情加重。有人說水中紅藻氾濫，但是井，池塘也變紅。紅藻也不致一下子發生。而且這些事情在以色列人所在地卻沒有。屬神的人在災難中仍然得平安！靠著主我們也勝過撒旦的權柄，在神的恩典中，得憐恤。

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How?

All of these miracles are proof of the Lord's power and great name beyond everything in the world.