Before we move on to the next set of plagues, I want to take a quick breather here to contemplate a point that I feel gets to the heart of the question of “why it is so important we study our Bibles?“ Actually, to be more accurate, the question I want to address is “why it’s SOOOO […]

 “So they took ashes from a kiln, stood in front of Pharaoh and threw them in the air; and they became infected sores on men and animals.  The magicians couldn’t even stand in Moshe’s presence because of the sores, which were on them as well as on the other Egyptians.“-Exodus 9:10-11 All the plagues up […]

Today we begin Exodus Chapter Nine. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. “But if you refuse to send them off and you still hold on to them, look, the hand of the LORD is about to be against your livestock which is in the field, against the horses, against the donkeys, against […]

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”  But Moses said, “That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us?-Exodus 8:25-26 During the plague […]

 If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.  “‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land […]