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Plague
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The source enumerates 10 distinct subjects under Plague. Jump to one below, or read in order.
- 1.The river Nile was turned into blood, and the fish died, and the river stank, so…
- 2.The plague of frogs (Ex.
- 3.The plague of lice (Heb.
- 4.The plague of flies (Heb.
- 5.The murrain (Ex.
- 6.The sixth plague, of “boils and blains,” like the third, was sent without warning (Ex.
- 7.The plague of hail, with fire and thunder (Ex.
- 8.The plague of locusts, which covered the whole face of the earth, so that the land…
- 9.After a short interval the plague of darkness succeeded that of the locusts; and it…
- 10.The last and most fearful of these plagues was the death of the first-born of man…
A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity (Mark 5:29; Luke 7:21), or the judgment of God, so called (Ex. 9:14). Plagues of Egypt were ten in number.
Plague (1)
#The river Nile was turned into blood, and the fish died, and the river stank, so that the Egyptians loathed to drink of the river (Ex. 7:14-25).
Plague (2)
#The plague of frogs (Ex. 8:1-15).
Plague (3)
#The plague of lice (Heb. kinnim, properly gnats or mosquitoes; comp. Ps. 78:45; 105:31), “out of the dust of the land” (Ex. 8:16-19).
Plague (4)
#The plague of flies (Heb. arob, rendered by the LXX. dog-fly), Ex. 8:21-24.
Plague (5)
#The murrain (Ex. 9:1-7), or epidemic pestilence which carried off vast numbers of cattle in the field. Warning was given of its coming.
Plague (6)
#The sixth plague, of “boils and blains,” like the third, was sent without warning (Ex. 9:8-12). It is called (Deut. 28:27) “the botch of Egypt,” A.V.; but in R.V., “the boil of Egypt.” “The magicians could not stand before Moses” because of it.
Plague (7)
#The plague of hail, with fire and thunder (Ex. 9:13-33). Warning was given of its coming. (Comp. Ps. 18:13; 105:32, 33).
Plague (8)
#The plague of locusts, which covered the whole face of the earth, so that the land was darkened with them (Ex. 10:12-15). The Hebrew name of this insect, arbeh, points to the “multitudinous” character of this visitation. Warning was given before this plague came.
Plague (9)
#After a short interval the plague of darkness succeeded that of the locusts; and it came without any special warning (Ex. 10:21-29). The darkness covered “all the land of Egypt” to such an extent that “they saw not one another.” It did not, however, extend to the land of Goshen.
Plague (10)
#The last and most fearful of these plagues was the death of the first-born of man and of beast (Ex. 11:4, 5; 12:29, 30). The exact time of the visitation was announced, “about midnight”, which would add to the horror of the infliction. Its extent also is specified, from the first-born of the king to the first-born of the humblest slave, and all the first-born of beasts. But from this plague the Hebrews were completely exempted. The Lord “put a difference” between them and the Egyptians. (See PASSOVER.)
In the Bible
131
Verses where Plague is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 21:12
between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:14
So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:22
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
- 1 Kings 8:37
When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
- 1 Kings 8:38
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
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Scripture on Plague
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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