131 passages · Jesus and the church
Moses worries the people will not believe him. God turns his staff into a snake and back, makes his hand leprous and then healthy, and promises a third sign of Nile water turning to blood.
Aaron throws down his staff and it becomes a serpent. Pharaoh's magicians do the same, but Aaron's staff swallows theirs, and Pharaoh still refuses to listen.
Aaron strikes the Nile and all Egypt's water turns to blood, killing the fish and making the water undrinkable. The magicians imitate it, Pharaoh is unmoved, and seven days pass.
The LORD warns of frogs in every part of Egypt, and Aaron stretches out his staff. Frogs cover the land, though Pharaoh's magicians can also produce them.
Aaron strikes the dust and it becomes gnats on people and animals. The magicians cannot copy it and say it is the finger of God, but Pharaoh remains hard-hearted.
The LORD warns that swarms of flies will fill Egypt but not Goshen, so that the difference between his people and Pharaoh's will be clear. It happens as he said.
The LORD warns of a severe plague on livestock and sets a time. Egypt's animals die while none of Israel's do, yet Pharaoh remains unmoved.
Moses tosses soot from a furnace into the air and festering boils break out on people and animals. Even the magicians cannot stand before Moses, and the LORD hardens Pharaoh's heart.
Moses stretches his staff toward heaven and thunder, lightning, and the worst hail in Egypt's history destroy people, animals, and plants in the fields. Goshen alone is untouched.
An east wind brings locusts that cover the land and eat everything left by the hail. Pharaoh confesses his sin and asks for forgiveness, and a west wind blows the locusts into the Red Sea, but the LORD hardens his heart.
A darkness thick enough to feel covers Egypt for three days while Israelites have light. Pharaoh offers to let all but the livestock go, Moses refuses, and Pharaoh orders Moses out and says he will die if he returns.
The LORD tells Moses to go forward, lift his staff, and divide the sea. The angel of God and the pillar of cloud move behind Israel, giving light to them and darkness to Egypt.
Moses stretches out his hand and a strong east wind divides the sea so Israel goes through with walls of water on both sides. The Egyptians follow, and at morning watch the LORD throws them into confusion.
Moses collects twelve staffs and places them in the Tent. Next day Aaron's has sprouted, blossomed and produced almonds, and Moses shows all the staffs to the people.
The angel of the LORD blocks Balaam's path three times, seen only by his donkey, who turns aside and is beaten. God opens her mouth to protest, then opens Balaam's eyes. He confesses and is told to go on but to speak only God's words.
The priests carrying the ark step into the flooded Jordan and the water stops far upstream. The priests stand on dry ground while the whole nation crosses.
The LORD tells Joshua to have the priests come up from the Jordan. As soon as their feet touch dry land, the river flows over its banks again.
On the seventh day Israel circles seven times and shouts at Joshua's command. The wall collapses and they take the city, devoting it to destruction. Joshua tells them to spare Rahab's household and to keep away from the devoted things.
The LORD promises victory, and Joshua attacks after a night march. God confuses the enemy and sends hailstones, and Joshua asks the sun and moon to stand still until the battle is won.
At Lehi the Spirit of the LORD comes on Samson, the ropes fall off, and he kills a thousand Philistines with a donkey's jawbone. He composes a short verse and names the place Ramath-lehi.
God sends Elijah to a widow in Zarephath, who has almost no food. She feeds him, and her flour and oil do not run out.
The widow's son dies, and Elijah prays over him until his life returns. The woman says she now knows Elijah is a man of God.
Elijah prays briefly that the LORD would show he is God, and fire falls and consumes everything. The people declare the LORD is God, and Elijah has Baal's prophets seized and killed at the Kishon Valley.
Ahaziah sends three captains with fifty men each to summon Elijah. Fire from heaven consumes the first two companies, and the third captain begs for mercy on his knees.
Elijah parts the Jordan with his cloak, and Elisha asks for a double portion of his spirit. A chariot and horses of fire separate them, Elijah goes up in a whirlwind, and Elisha tears his clothes in grief.
Elisha picks up Elijah's fallen cloak and parts the Jordan again, and the prophets recognize that Elijah's spirit rests on him. They insist on a three-day search for Elijah that finds nothing.
The people of Jericho tell Elisha their water is bad and the land unfruitful. He puts salt in the spring and declares in the LORD's name that it is healed.
A prophet's widow fears her creditor will take her sons as slaves. Elisha has her borrow empty jars and pour from her one jar of oil until all are full, so she can sell the oil and pay her debt.
Gehazi's staff produces no response, so Elisha goes in, prays, and stretches himself over the boy, who warms and then sneezes and opens his eyes. Elisha returns the living son to his mother.
During a famine, wild gourds are cut into the prophets' stew and it tastes deadly. Elisha adds flour and the stew becomes safe to eat.