OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 7:22

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The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.

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Verse 22. Like. They got a small quantity of water, either from the sea, from Gessen, (Wisd. 11:5,) or by digging wells, verse 24. Calmet.—This plague lasted a full week, verse 25. The water which they found in the mean time in the wells was mixed with blood, Philo. Saint Augustine in Ps. lxxvii. Wisdom 11:7, thou gavest human blood to the unjust.

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