The Ten Egyptian Plagues
"Think of the wonders I have given you power to perform, once you are back in Egypt! You are to perform them before Pharaoh..." Exodus 4:21
#1 The water of Nile turns to blood |
Exodus 7:14-25 |
[7 day period]; throughout all Egypt |
#2 plague of frogs from the Nile |
Exodus 7:26-8:10 |
throughout all of Egypt |
#3 plague of mosquitoes |
Exodus 8:12-15 |
throughout all of Egypt |
#4 ? Hebrew is 'arov = mixture; a noun based on the root "to mix" |
Exodus 8:16-20 |
only Egypt not in Goshen |
#5 plague of disease on livestock |
Exodus 9:1-7 |
only Egypt not in Goshen |
#6 plague of boils |
Exodus 9:8-12 |
throughout all of Egypt |
#7 plague of hail |
Exodus 9:13-26 |
only Egypt not in Goshen |
#8 plague of locusts |
Exodus 10:1-20 |
throughout Egypt |
#9 plague of darkness |
Exodus 10:21-29 |
throughout Egypt |
#10 death of the firstborn |
Exodus 11:1-10 |
throughout Egypt |
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Notice how the plagues are grouped in twos: water of the River turns to blood and frogs from the River; mosquitoes pests and ____; sickness in livestock and sickness in boils on humans; hail from the sky and locusts from the sky; darkness and the ultimate darkness of death.
See the chart comparing the 10 Egyptian plagues to the judgments of Revelation: "The Chalice and Trumpet Judgments vs. the Plagues of Egypt"