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• Exodus 1-15
• Plagues against Egyptian gods
  • Numbers 33:4 – The plagues were directly targeted at the various Egyptian gods.
  • The first plague: water to blood – Exodus 7:20-21
    • Khnum – guardian of the Nile sources
    • Hapi
    • Osiris
    • Neith
    • Hathor
  • The second plague: frogs – Exodus 8:3
  • The third plague: gnats – Exodus 8:16
  • The fourth plague: flies – Exodus 8:21-23
  • The fifth plague: death of livestock – Exodus 9:6
    • Ptah: sacred bull Apis
    • Hathor: represented by cow
    • Ra: sacred bull Mnevis
  • The sixth plague: boils – Exodus 9:10-11
    • Sekhmet
    • Serapis
    • Imhotep
  • The seventh plague: hail and fire – Exodus 9:23
    • Nut – sky goddess
    • Isis and Seth
  • The eighth plague: locusts – Exodus 10:4-5
    • Isis and Seth
  • The ninth plague: darkness – Exodus 10:22
    • Ra: sun god; one of the greatest deities
    • Amon-Re and Horus
    • Aten
    • Atum
    • Hathor and Nut
    • Thoth
    • Pharaoh
  • The tenth plague: death of the firstborn – Exodus 12:29-30
    • Firstborn of Pharaoh
    • Min
    • Isis
    • Hathor
    • New Apis bull? - dead
    • Pharaoh: considered a god himself, but can’t protect his own family
  • Hardening of Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 3-14)
    • Romans 9:17-18???
    • Pharaoh has a slave labor force of over 1 million people. God wants him to give them up.
    • God gave Pharaoh a command that Pharaoh didn’t want to obey and Pharaoh himself hardened his heart.
  • Remember! (Exodus 12-13)
    • Exodus 22:21
    • Leviticus 19:36
    • Numbers 15:37-41
    • Deuteronomy 4:20
    • Deuteronomy 5:15
    • Micah 6:4
    • Haggai 2:5
    • If the Exodus was this important for them to remember, how much more important is it for us to remember the death of Jesus?