THE PLAGUES ON THE gods OF EGYPT
PLAGUE
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REFERENCE |
POSSIBLE EGYPTIAN
DEITY THE PLAGUE WAS DIRECTED AGAINST. |
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NILE TURNED TO BLOOD |
EX. 7:14-25 |
Khnum: guardian of and Hapi: Spirit of the Nile. Osiris: Nile said to be his bloodstream 1 |
FROGS
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EX. 8:1-15 |
Heqet: Form of frog: god of the resurrection. |
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GNATS MISQUITOES |
EX. 8:16-19 |
Various gods of nature .Set: see also 1 2 3 |
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FLIES |
EX. 8:20-32 |
Various gods of nature. Uatchit: |
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PLAGUE ON CATTLE |
EX. 9:1-7 |
Hathor: mother-goddess; form of a cow Apis: Bull of god Ptah; symbol of fertility see also Mnevis: Sacred bull of Heliopolis. |
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BOILS |
EX. 9:8-12 |
* Possibly Imhotep: god of medicine, Sekhmet: Sunu: also see 1 2 |
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HAIL |
EX. 9:13-35 |
Nut: sky goddess Isis: goddess of life (wife of Osiris) Seth: protector of crops |
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LOCUSTS |
EX. 10:1-20 |
Isis: goddess of life and protection (wife of Osiris) Seth: protector of crops |
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DARKNESS |
EX. 10:21-29 |
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DEATH OF FIRSTBORN |
EX. 11:1 Thru EX. 12:36 |
The Deity of Pharaoh: Osiris: the giver of life, ruler of the underworld, god of the dead see also 1 |
This is a short list of the gods whom the plagues may have been directed
against when God plagued Egypt.
*The name Imhotep may have been a later name of the deity, after the time of the Exodus.
The Exodus and The Wanderings in the Wilderness
The
Land of the Pharaohs ` Samuel Manning, Religious Tract Society
(Great Britain) pdf can be downloaded
Eze 30:13 "Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis; there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt; so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
The
last King of Egypt
Farouk of Egypt February 11, 1920 – March 18, 1965 King 1936 – 1952
He was considered the first native Egyptian monarch for millennia despite his mixed roots.