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Thoughts on Exodus 10: Locust and Darkness
By daniel | June 19, 2007
"No one who has ever seen the locust at work accuses the Biblical account of hyperbole." link
In Genesis 8, locust flood through all of Egypt, essentially destroying all plant life in Egypt, including the crops that Pharaoh had thought would still be their salvation after the hail. Exodus describes it as, "there remained nothing green on trees or plants in all the land of Egypt."
The Egyptian god Osiris was the god of vegetation, and the god Su was the god of the air. These were both shown to be unable to protect their worshipers from the God of Israel.
Pharaoh gives another false repentance, and continues to keep Israel in captivity.
As with the other patterns of plagues, the next and third of the set, darkness, came without warning. The text on the darkness is most descriptive about the darkness being felt. The Egyptians all sat in their houses for 3 days straight, unable to see anything well enough to move. Once again, Pharaoh tries to bargain with Moses, but God is the one with the leverage here, and there would be no bargain. Pharaoh tells Moses that he will kill him if he sees him again, and Moses returns with the description of what will come next: the death of the firstborn.
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