THE TEN PLAGUES (EXODUS 7:14-11:1-10)

Introduction

• When Moses reached Egypt, he gathered all the Israelite elders then told them what God had sent him to do.
• He performed all the miracles God had shown him and the Israelite elders believed in his mission.
• When Pharaoh was approached to let the Israelites go, he became stubborn and increased the workload for the Israelites
• Moses had to perform plagues on Egypt.  (A plague may be a disease or an unfortunate occurrence in one’s life) (Exodus 7:4 – 5)
• The signs and the wonders of the plagues were to make the Israelite and Egyptians know that only Yahweh was worthy of the title God.

1. The plague of blood (Exodus 7:14 – 25)

• Moses was commanded by God to tell Aaron to strike the waters of the Nile.
• He did this in the presence of Pharaoh and the waters of the Nile turned into blood.
• All the fish died and there was no water to drink.  This lasted seven days.
• He did not release the Israelites.

2. Plague of frogs (Exodus 8:1 – 15)

• The Lord commanded Moses to tell Aaron to stretch his hand over the streams, canals and ponds.
• Aaron did as was commanded and there were frogs all over the land of Egypt.
• On seeing this, Pharaoh pleaded with Moses and Aaron to pray to the Lord to get rid of the frogs and he would release them.
• They prayed and all the frogs died when Pharaoh saw that the frogs were dead, he changed his mind.

3. Plague of gnats (Exodus 8:16 – 19)

• Gnats are small two-winged biting flies.
• The Lord instructed Moses to tell Aaron to strike the ground.
• Aaron did and all the dust in Egypt turned into gnats.
• The gnats covered the entire land.
• Even the magicians accepted it as God’s work, but Pharaoh still refused to let the Israelites go.

4. Plague of flies (Exodus 8:20 – 32)

• The Lord warned Pharaoh through Moses that he would send swarms of flies to the Egyptian houses.  But the Israelites houses would be spared.
• When this happened, Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and promised to let them to go and worship so that the flies would go away.
• Moses prayed and the flies went away.  However, Pharaoh changed his mind and again refused to let the Israelites go.

5. Death of livestock (Exodus 9:1 – 7)

• God sent a plague that killed all the Egyptian animals. Their cows, donkeys, camels, sheep, goats and horses were all killed.
• The Israelites were not affected.  Still Pharaoh refused to release them.

6. Plague of boils (Exodus 9:8 – 12)

• Moses threw ashes into air as God had instructed.
• This produced boils which became open sores on the skin of the Egyptians.
•  Unmoved by the suffering of his people, Pharaoh would still not let the Israelites go.

7. Plague of hail (Exodus 9:13 – 35)

• Moses raised his stick and there was a hailstorm with lightning and thunder.  The people, animals and plants that were struck were killed and destroyed.
• Pharaoh promised to let the Israelites go but as soon as Moses had prayed and all the hail and thunder stopped.  Pharaoh changed his mind yet again.  He did not let the Israelites go.

8. Plague of Locusts (Exodus 10:1 – 20)

• Locusts covered the whole land and ate all the crops in the fields.
• The locusts ate all that had not been destroyed by the hail.
• Pharaoh once more pleaded for the plague to be lifted.
• As soon as locusts were out of Egypt, Pharaoh changed his mind.  He still would not let the Israelites out of Egypt.

9. Plague of darkness (Exodus 10:21 – 29)

• God instructed Moses to stretch out his hand to heaven.
• There was total darkness in Egypt for 3 days.  The Israelites had light where they were living.
• Pharaoh remained unmoved and would still not let the Israelites go out of Egypt.

10. Death of first-born sons (Exodus 12:1 – 31)

• The last plague is the death of the Egyptians male first born.
• The Lord would kill all the first born sons and first male animals of the Egyptians at midnight.
• The Israelite males would be spared.

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