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 Next to last King of Egypt (his infant son ascended throne at his
abdication for < 1 year)
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.