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

3. Gnats (mosquitoes) 8:16-19

4. Flies 8:20-3

5. 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

9. Darkness 10:21-29 RE, ATEN, ATUM, HORUS, all were sun gods of sorts

10. 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 god