20 Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, he raised the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile was turned to blood.
21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
23 Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and didn’t even take this to heart.
24 All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink because they could not drink the water from the river.
25 Seven days passed after the Lord struck the Nile.