Ten Plagues on Egypt

The Ten Plagues of Egypt, also called the Ten Plagues or the Biblical Plagues, were ten calamities that, the God of Israel, Yahweh, inflicted upon Egypt to persuade Pharaoh to release the Israelites from its captivity. These events are reported in the biblical Book of Exodus. According to the Book of Exodus, God proclaims that all the gods of Egypt will be judged through the tenth and final plague:

The Plagues of Egypt are mentioned in Maggid section of the Passover Hagadah. In the Hagadah the plagues are listed. In many versions of the Hagadah it is told the story of four children: A wise one, a wicked one, a simple one and one that does not know how to ask. The Plagues of Egypt are also briefly mentioned in the Quran (7,133–136).

History
God comissioned Moses to take Israel from Egypt. Israel was warned that this would come about only through God´s supreme power The Jewish people were not only oppressed with hard bondage, in the manufacture of bricks and mortar but also their souls were led captive under Egyptian idolatries. Moses with Aaron as his spokesman appeared before Pharaoh to communicate the divine order that he was to allow the departure of the Israelites, so that they could worship God freely. After an initial refusal by the Pharaoh, God sent Moses and Aaron back to show him a miraculous sign of warning – Aaron's rod turned into a serpent. Pharaoh's sorcerers also turned their staffs into snakes, but Aaron's then proceeded to swallow theirs before turning back into a staff.

The ten plagues
The plagues listed in the Bible are :
 * 1) Water, which turned to blood and killed all fish and other aquatic life (Exodus, 7:14–25)
 * 2) Frogs (Exodus, 8:1–8:15)
 * 3) Lice (Exodus, 8:16–19)
 * 4) Flies(Exodus, 8:20–30)
 * 5) Disease on livestock (Exodus, 9:1–7)
 * 6) Unhealable boils (Exodus, 9:8–12)
 * 7) Hail and thunder (Exodus, 9:13–35)
 * 8) Locusts (Exodus, 10:1–20)
 * 9) Darkness (Exodus, 10:21–29)
 * 10) Death of the first-born of all Egyptian humans and animals. To be saved, the Israelites had to place the blood of a lamb on their door.(Exodus, 11-12)

Description of the plagues
In this section we present a summary of the Biblical account of the plagues which is found in chapters 7–12 of Exodus.

The first plague: the plague of blood (דָם): Ex. 7:14–25
Upon the refusal by Pharaoh to release the people of Israel, all the water of that was in the Nile turned to blood. This plague was humiliating because the Egyptians were so dependent upon the Nile for water that they worshiped it as a god.

The fourth plague: the plague of flies (עָרוֹב): Ex. 8:20–31
Swarms of flies came on Egypt in an unusual amount to feed on dead frogs. Pharaoh offered to let the people sacrifice to their God, only in Egypt, but Moses protested that his sacrifice would be with an animal that the Egyptians thought improper to sacrifice and insisted that they should go three days' journey into the wilderness. Pharaoh consented, provided that they were not go too far, and then Moses interceded for the plague ceased.

In the first three plagues, no explicit exception is made concerning the Hebrews yet there is no mention made of that has also afflicted the Israelites. But in the case of the fourth plague God refers explicitly to the Egyptians.

The fifth plague: the plague of murrain on cattle (דֶּבֶר): Ex. 9:1–7
Announcing the fifth plague, God clearly distinguishes between the Egyptians and the Hebrews.

Aftermath
God punished their enemies, drowned Pharaoh´s army with its chariots and cavalry in the Red Sea. The people of Israel was led by God on Mount Sinai where they witnessed the revelation and received the Ten Commandments, the Decalogue.