Then you should say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

So the Lord says that he will do something to show you that he is the Lord. I will hit the water of the Nile River with this walking stick in my hand, and the river will turn into blood.

Then the Lord told Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that the Lord says, ‘Let my people go to worship me!

The Flies

The Lord said to Moses, “Get up in the morning and go to Pharaoh. He will go out to the river. Tell him that the Lord says, ‘Let my people go and worship me!

Moses said to the king, “The Lord says, ‘At midnight tonight, I will go through Egypt,

The Lord says, ‘Each of you should gather what you need, a basket of manna for everyone in your family.’”

All the people spoke at the same time and said, “We will obey everything the Lord says.” Then Moses went back up the mountain and told the Lord that the people would obey him.