One reason I went into such detail about the plagues is to show whoever wrote the Exodus account had an intimate knowledge of the Egyptian religion. It was not just a simple story of 10 bad things happening as children’s Sunday school lessons typically portray. Readers that lived in the Egyptian New Kingdom period would’ve …
Ninth plague – Darkness Exod 10:21 (KJV) 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be felt. This plague was against one of the most important gods, Ra, god of the sun. Ra (/rɑː/;[1] Ancient Egyptian: …
Seventh plague – Destruction of crops through hail Exod 9:1 Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. Exod 9:25-26 25 The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land …
Fifth plague – Death of livestock Exod 9:3 behold, the hand of the LORD will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fara … useum).jpg The Apis bull was an important sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians. …
Diogenes wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 6:28 pm I find it surprising and inexplicable that Young’s would translate the word as “beetle,” for two reasons. First, most translations say “flies.” Second, flies torture livestock as well as people, whereas the scarab beetle was sacred and actually beneficial. As I mentioned, flies is not in the …
Third plague – Gnats (lice) from dust of earth Exod 8:16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’” This plague was most likely against Geb, god of the earth. To …
Exod 7:1-4 (ESV) 1 And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go out of his land. 3 …
otseng wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:20 pm Difflugia wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:20 pm If either of you is interested, the Internet Archive has a scan of a book-length monograph discussing the personal names found in the Amarna tablets. One problem with interpreting who influenced who is which dating is used, either the …
There are examples in the Old Testament where anachronisms exist. That is, words and ideas are used that would not have been correct at that point in time and are only relevant much later. Michael Grisanti proposes the Old Testament texts, in particular the Torah, have updated certain text so contemporary readers could understand it …
Pharaoh’s heart hardening is a recurring theme in the Exodus account. “The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart is referred to no less than twenty times in the course of the story of the Exodus.” https://aish.com/the-weighing-of-the-heart/ Exod 8:32 (KJV) 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. In …