STUDY NOTES FOR THE IN Study Notes for IN THE WORD BIBLE STUDY
Class I hope you have read or are
reading chapters 11, 12, and 20 of the book of Exodus.
I want to look at the Plagues of Egypt
and the various 'gods” of the country. God would use his power
against these false gods before letting his people go.
According to HALLEY'S BIBLE
HANDBOOK..The 10 plagues were aimed at the gods of Egypt and were
designed to give proof of the power of God of Israel over the gods of
Egypt. It is repeated over that by these miracles both Israel and
Egyptians would come to “know that the Lord is God.” (6:7;
7:5,17; 8:22; 10: 2; 14:4,18) Later, in the desert the manna and the
quail were intended to show the same thing (16: 6, 12).
Pharaoh's heart was hardened on his own
accord during the first five plagues, God hardened his heart during
the other five. Without them, Israel never would have been delivered,
and there would have been no Hebrew nation. (Halley).
THE 10 PLAGUES AND THE GODS OF EGYPT
PLAGUE
gods(s)
1.Nile turned to blood
7:14-25................................Khnum, the guardian of the
Nile
….............................................................................Hopi,
the spirit of the Nile
Osiris, the giver of life,
bloodstream was Nile
2, Frogs 8:1-115
HEQT,the god of resurrection, assisted
women in childbirth
whose form was a frog
Gnats (mosquitoes) 8:16-19
Flies 8:20-3
Plagues of cattle 9:1-7
HATHOR, the mother goddess, whose form was a cow
APIS, the bull god, personification of Ptah,
fertility
6,BOILS 9: 8-12
IMHOTEP, the god of medicine
7. Hail 9: 13-35
NUT, the sky goddess
ISIS, the goddess of life
SETH, the protector of crops
8.,Locusts 10: 1-20
ISIS, the goddess of life
SETH, the protector of life
Darkness 10:21-29
RE, ATEN, ATUM, HORUS, all were sun gods of
sorts
Death of firstborn 11:1-12;:36
PHARAOH, who was considered a god,
OSIRIS, the giver of life
The God's and Goddesses of Egypt.
Ancient Egyptian religion was very
complex. There were dozens of local and regional gods and goddesses,
each having a different function. Egyptians needed numerous gods to
support their belief that everything that occurred was the act of
some god.
Osiris.....god of the
underworld/afterlife
Isis.........wife of osiris
Horus.....son of Isis and Osiris
Hapi.......god of the Nile river
Ra..........sun god
Ptah.......patron of craftsman
Bes........god of amusements and games
Min........god of virility and
fertility
Thoth.....god of wisdom and letters
Hathor....goddess of love
Hegit......goddess of fertility
Amon......sun godTHE WORD BIBLE STUDY.....THE GODS OF EGYPT
