Plagues of Egypt

Ten Plagues were brought down upon the land of Egypt when the pharaoh refused to allow Moses and the Hebrews to worship their god.¹

1. Water turned to blood — the water of the Nile turned into blood, causing the fish to die and making it unsuitable for consumption;
2. Frogs — the land was overrun by frogs;
3. Lice — the dust of the earth was turned into lice, which infested man and beast, but not the Israelites;
4. Flies — uncountable flies were set loose, filling the buildings and houses of the Egyptians and covering the ground on which they stood;
5. Murrain (pestilence) — livestock was afflicted with pestilence and all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not those animals belonging to the Israelites;
6. Boils — Moses and his brother Aaron took double-handfuls of soot from a furnace and threw it into the air. It turned into fine dust and caused festering boils on the Egyptians and their animals;
7. Hail — hail rained upon Egypt, striking down man and beast alike. Every growing thing was smashed except in the land of the Israelites where not a single hailstone fell;
8. Locusts — huge swarms of locusts covered the land and ate everything not destroyed by the hail;
9. Darkness — darkness fell upon the land, a darkness so dense it could be felt. The Egyptians could not see or move for three days;
10. Death of the firstborn — every firstborn in the land died; from the firstborn of the pharaoh to the firstborn of the servants and the animals, but not among the Israelites.

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