Exodus 7. Verses 5-7, "'And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them.' Then Moses and Aaron did so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did. And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh."
I love the obedience of Moses and Aaron into their 80s (and beyond!). This was probably the hardest challenge of obedience of their lives, but they followed God anyway.
In this chapter, Moses and Aaron speak to Pharaoh as the Lord commanded . Aaron shows his rod becoming a serpent. The Pharaoh's magicians and sorcerers do the same and Aaron's serpent swallows their serpents.
Then because Pharaoh wouldn't let the people go, Aaron holds the rod out over the waters of Egypt and the waters turn into blood. The Egyptians' water was blood for 7 days. They had to dig all around the river for water to drink (verse 24).
I think it must have saddened the children of Israel to see the Egyptians struggling so. Even though the Egyptian taskmasters had been so hard on the children of Israel, yet it would be difficult to see them in such pain. This is true of us who are the children of God, it hurts to see our neighbors who do not know the true God struggling and to watch bad things happen to them. It hurts to watch, even though sometimes the circumstances in their life come about by their own poor choices. Our desire is to see them find abundant life in God.
Moses and Aaron obeyed God and watched Him do miracles. Pharaoh did not heed God's warnings and suffered the consequences--not only for himself, but for all the people over whom he ruled.
