20. So Moses and Aaron did what the Lord commanded. Aaron raised the walking stick and hit the water in the Nile River. He did this in front of Pharaoh and his officials. So all the water in the river changed into blood.
21. The fish in the river died, and the river began to stink. So the Egyptians could not drink water from the river. The blood was everywhere in Egypt.
22. The magicians used their magic to do the same thing. So Pharaoh refused to listen to Moses and Aaron. This happened just as the Lord said.
23. Pharaoh ignored what Moses and Aaron had done. He turned and went into his house.
24. The Egyptians could not drink the water from the river, so they dug wells around the river for water to drink.
25. Seven days passed after the Lord changed the Nile River.