Bible Strands
Exodus 4:9
But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to Moses during his commissioning, providing a third conditional sign after the staff-to-snake and leprous-hand demonstrations.
The words — יַאֲמִ֡ינוּ (ya.'a.Mi.nu) means they will believe, and הָ/אֹת֜וֹת (ha./'o.Tot) means the signs.
The thread — The Nile-to-blood transformation reappears in Exodus 7:19 as the first plague, while the principle of reciprocal judgment is stated in Matthew 7:2.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate obedience to an escalating divine warning when prior signs are rejected, and establishes that the standard applied to others will be the standard returned.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
Cross-references
- Exodus 1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
- Exodus 7:19 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
- Matthew 7:2 For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.