I will strike the water of the Nile
Exodus 7-8
Key vs. 7:17 “This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD: With the staff that
is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.”
1. Red vs. 7:1-13. What was Moses’ last complaint of his difficult mission? (6:30) How does God
help him? (1,2) How will God deliver his people despite the Pharaoh’s stubborn refusal? (3,4)
What would be the end result? (5) How does Moses show his credential as God’s representative to
Pharaoh? (8-13) What was Pharaoh’s response to this?
2. Read vs. 14-25. Why does God tell Moses to confront Pharaoh when he goes to his morning
devotion to the Nile? (15) Who does Pharaoh represent? How does God threaten Pharaoh when he
denies God’s people to worship him? (17,18) What are the results of the plague of blood? (19,21)
3. Read vs. 8:1-15. How does God threaten Pharaoh a second time? (1-4) How does Pharaoh want to
get out of this trouble with vain promise? (8) Why does Moses tell Pharaoh to set the time for
prayer? (10) How does Pharaoh harden his heart? (15)
4. Read vs. 16-19. How does God strike back on Pharaoh when he cheated on his promise? (16,17)
How do the magicians recognize the work of God for the first time? (19) How did the first three
plagues – stinky, loathsome and itching -- affect the Egyptians and Pharaoh?
5. Read vs. 20-32. How does God threaten Pharaoh this time? (21) How does God make a
distinction between his people and the Egyptians? (22,23) And why? How does Pharaoh respond
to this plague of flies? (23) How does his offer differ from the demand of Moses? (26,27,28)