1. Ten Makot, Makot Ten The Mitzrim Were Punished Again and Again

2. What do the Plagues Undermine in Egyptian Society?

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10. Moshe understands his role, but still does not want it: וַיֹּאמֶר בִּי אֲדֹנָי ; שְׁלַח - נָא בְּיַד - תִּשְׁלָח But he [Moshe] said, “Please, God, make someone else your AGENT.” Exodus 4:13

12. לֹא יָדַעְתִּי אֶת - יְהוָה , וְגַם אֶת - יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא אֲשַׁלֵּחַ How would you like to get to know God, Pharaoh? He’ll be happy to get acquainted with you.

13. First Plague: Blood in the Nile

18. Second Plague: Frogs וְשָׁרַץ הַיְאֹר , צְפַרְדְּעִים , וְעָלוּ וּבָאוּ בְּבֵיתֶךָ , וּבַחֲדַר מִשְׁכָּבְךָ וְעַל - מִטָּתֶךָ ; וּבְבֵית עֲבָדֶיךָ וּבְעַמֶּךָ , וּבְתַנּוּרֶיךָ וּבְמִשְׁאֲרוֹתֶיךָ The Nile shall swarm with frogs, and they shall come up and enter your palace, your bedchamber and your bed, the houses of your courtiers and your people, and your ovens and your kneading bowls. Exodus 7:28

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22. Plague the Third: Vermin וַיֵּט אַהֲרֹן אֶת - יָדוֹ בְמַטֵּהוּ וַיַּךְ אֶת - עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ , וַתְּהִי הַכִּנָּם , בָּאָדָם וּבַבְּהֵמָה : כָּל - עֲפַר הָאָרֶץ הָיָה כִנִּים , בְּכָל - אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם Aharon held out his arm with the rod and struck the dust of the earth, and vermin came upon man and beast; all the dust of the earth turned to lice throughout the land of Egypt. Exodus 8:13

23. “ A man says this speech [for the Judgment of the Dead] when he is pure, clean, dressed in fresh clothes, shod in white sandals, painted with eye-paint, anointed with the finest oil of myrrh.” Chapter 125 of the Book of the Dead M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol.2, p.131 Ancient Egyptian toilet box

25. ל וַיּוֹשַׁע יְהוָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא , אֶת - יִשְׂרָאֵל -- מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם ; וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת - מִצְרַיִם , מֵת עַל - שְׂפַת הַיָּם . לא וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת - הַיָּד הַגְּדֹלָה , אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה בְּמִצְרַיִם , וַיִּירְאוּ הָעָם , אֶת - יְהוָה ; וַיַּאֲמִינוּ , בַּיהוָה , וּבְמֹשֶׁה , עַבְדּוֹ . 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw the great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared the LORD; and they believed in the LORD, and in His servant Moses.

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