2. List and discuss the plagues found in the book of Exodus. Discuss the groupings of the plagues, the three views regarding the plagues, the function and the purpose of the plagues

Question 1

What were the 10 Plagues

Answer 1

1. Blood
2. Frogs
3. Gnats
4. Flies
5. Plague on Cattle
6. Boils
7. Hail
8. Locusts
9. darkness
10. Death of firstsborn

Question 2

What God(s) did the plague “Blood” attack?

Answer 2

Hapi, Knuhm, Osiris - Gods of the Nile

Question 3

What God(s) did the plague “Frogs” attack?

Answer 3

Hek/Qet - Goddess of fertility

Question 4

What God(s) did the plague “Gnats” attack?

Answer 4

Unkown specifics. possibly sepa or khepri

Question 5

What God(s) did the plague “Flies” attack?

Answer 5

Sepa, Khepri - insect Gods

Question 6

What God(s) did the plague “Plague on cattle” attack?

Answer 6

Hathor - cow headed goddess
Khnum - God with a rams head
Amon - king of gods, ram head
Geb - god of the earth, goose head
Isis - queen of the Gods, ram horns on head

Question 7

What God(s) did the plague “Boils” attack?

Answer 7

Sekhmet - God of physician and healing

Question 8

What God(s) did the plague “Hail” attack?

Answer 8

Nut - The sky goddess, also protector of the dead

Question 9

What God(s) did the plague “Locusts” attack?

Answer 9

Serapia - protector of Locusts

Question 10

What God(s) did the plague “Darkness” attack?

Answer 10

Ra - The sun god

Question 11

What God(s) did the plague “Death of the firstborn” attack?

Answer 11

Taurt - Goddess of maturnity

Question 12

What was the triplet pattern Moses followed with the plagues.

Answer 12

1,4,7 - Present himself by the Nile to warn Pharaoh whats to come
2, 5, 8 - Moses is sent to pharaohs palace
3, 6, 9 - Delivers plague without warning

Question 13

what happened after the first plague? blood

Answer 13

Pharaohs magicians reinacted it and pharaohs heart remained hardened

Question 14

what happened after the second plague? frogs

Answer 14

Pharaoh asked Moses to pray to God to get rid of the frogs and he would release the people. Pharaohs hard became hardened and went back on his promise.

Question 15

What happened after the third plague? gnats

Answer 15

The magicians couldnt reproduce the gnats and admitted it was the hand of God. Pharaohs heart remained hardened

Question 16

what happened after the fourth plague? insects

Answer 16

Pharaoh asked for moses to remove the flies and he would let the people go. Moses did and pharaohs heart hardened and he went back on his word

Question 17

What happened after the fifth plague? plague on cattle

Answer 17

All egyptian livestock died but hebrews did not. Pharaohs heart remained hardened

Question 18

what happened after the sixth plague? boills

Answer 18

All egyptians had boils but the pharaohs heart remained hardened as the Lord had told him.

Question 19

what happened after the seventh plague? Hail

Answer 19

Pharaoh asked for it to stop again and yet again hardened his heart after it stopped.

Question 20

what happened after the eight plague? Locusts

Answer 20

Pharaoh admits that he has sinned against the Lord. pleads for it to stop. Hardens his heart…. again…..

Question 21

what happened after the ninth plague? Darkness

Answer 21

Pharaoh tells hebrews to leave but says leave the cattle behind. Moses says the livestock must go as well. Pharaohs heart is hardened, tells moses to leave and threatens to kill him next time he sees him.

Question 22

what happens after the tenth plague? Death of firstborn

Answer 22

Pharaoh tells moses to take his people and livestock and grants him to leave and serve the Lord.