plagues of Egypt

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1. The traditional name for the set of disasters that God inflicted on Egypt (see also Egypt) before the pharaoh let Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land. The plagues, as recorded in the Book of Exodus, included swarms of locusts, hordes of frogs, and a scourge of boils. After the tenth and most horrible plague, in which the angel of Death killed every Egyptian firstborn male child, including the pharaoh's son, the pharaoh finally freed the Israelites. (See Passover (see also Passover).)

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plagues of Egypt

Which of these biblical "plagues of Egypt" from the Book of Exodus is currently plaguing modern-day Egypt as well?

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2013

It is thought by some to have affected the Exodus and caused the ten plagues of Egypt 450 miles to the southeast.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Y’all are having a regular ten plagues of Egypt over here, aren’t you?”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

I wish you would at your earliest opportunity turn to the second book in the Old Testament, the Book of Exodus, and in the early chapters read about these various plagues of Egypt.

From With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul by Stall, Sylvanus

This is another of the plagues of Egypt.

From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by Davidson, George