²⁰ But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.^(A)

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power, but I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.^(A)

¹⁰ Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.^(A)

³⁰ But King Sihon of Heshbon was not willing to let us pass through, for the Lord your God had hardened his spirit and made his heart defiant in order to hand him over to you, as he has now done.^(A)

¹¹ For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,^{(A) 12} so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.^(B)

¹⁸ So then he has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.

³⁹ And so they could not believe, because Isaiah also said,

⁹ And he said, “Go and say to this people:

¹² But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.^(A)

¹³ However, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.^(A)

The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.^(B)