Exodus 7 begins the public contest before Pharaoh. Moses and Aaron act under repeated instruction, Pharaoh’s magicians imitate the staff sign, and the narrative then shifts to the Nile, where a warning is followed by the first plague.
Moses is told that Aaron will act as his prophet or spokesman before Pharaoh. They are to repeat the command, even as Pharaoh resists and the conflict displays God’s acts in Egypt.
Open scene →At Pharaoh’s demand for a sign, Aaron throws down his staff and it becomes a serpent. Egyptian magicians produce similar signs, but Aaron’s staff swallows theirs and Pharaoh still refuses to listen.
Open scene →Moses is told to meet Pharaoh by the river and repeat the command to release Israel for worship. The warning explains that striking the Nile will demonstrate the authority Pharaoh has refused to acknowledge.
Open scene →Moses and Aaron act as commanded, and the Nile water turns to blood. Fish die, the river becomes unusable, and Egyptians dig near the river for other water while Pharaoh remains unmoved.
Open scene →The boundaries follow changes in speaker, location, action or narrative purpose rather than equal verse counts. SacraScenes keeps a longer passage together when it functions as one movement and starts a new scene when the chapter clearly changes direction. That makes the visual sequence useful for reading rather than merely slicing the source into matching-sized blocks. Each card links to an editorial page and then to the immersive reader at the exact Scripture range.
The water-to-blood scene is shown as a dramatic red river and disrupted daily life without gore, bodies or horror imagery. The staff-serpent scene avoids fantasy excess and keeps the setting grounded in a royal audience.
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Editorial overview updated 30 September 2026.