Plagues of Egypt

The Plagues of Egypt , the Biblical Plagues or the Ten Plagues are the ten calamities inflicted upon Egypt by God in the Bible (as recounted in the book of Exodus, chapters 7 - 12), in order to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelite slaves leave.The plagues as they appear in the Bible are:(Exodus 7:14-25) rivers and other water sources turned to blood ('Dam')(Exodus 7:26-8:11) amphibians (commonly believed to be frogs) ('Tsfardeia')(Exodus 8:12-15) lice or gnats ('Kinim')(Exodus 8:16-28) wild animals ('Arov')(Exodus 9:1-7) disease on livestock ('Dever')(Exodus 9:8-12) unhealable boils ('Shkhin')(Exodus 9:13-35) hail mixed with fire ('Barad')(Exodus 10:1-20) locusts ('Arbeh') (Exodus 10:21-29) darkness ('Choshech')(Exodus 11:1-12:36) death of the firstborn ('Makat Bechorot')
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