Friday, February 26, 2010
A question...
In Exodus 9, God sends a plague on the Egyptians that causes all their livestock to die. Later in the same chapter, he sends another plague, this time of hail. The Egyptians are told to bring all their livestock in from the fields, otherwise the hail will kill them. But aren't all the Egyptian livestock already dead? Is it understood that a significant time has passed between plagues? Or did the Egyptians pinch livestock from the Israelites?
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Or perhaps the earlier one was localised: the later one says that the hail fell "all over Egypt" - so maybe the earlier one was confined to the area near the Israelites that could be easily visited by Pharaoh's men?
Any which way, when your livelihood is dependant upon plough animals, you're probably not going to wait longer than necessary to acquire some more from the locals who have some or from outside traders.
Good points, Laetitia! Thanks!
hi lara
i'm intrigued at your suggestion of a larger time between them all - sunday school gives the impression that it was each day of the week, but there's nothing that indicates how close or distant the events were.
hope all is well in your world
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