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" The Seventh Plague of Egypt " By Artist John Martin

The term "plague" refers to various large-scale epidemics with comparable symptoms that have occurred throughout history. The first of them was the so-called Justinian plague, which swept over Byzantium and the Mediterranean in the middle of the sixth century, killing over 100 million people. Another such incident was the medieval "Black Plague," which wiped off around one-third of Europe's population in the middle of the 14th century.

The 10 Plagues in order: 

Turning the Nile water into blood

The blood:

According to Jewish traditions, the first strike occurred when all the waters of the Nile River turned into blood, but according to the scientific interpretation, it was a phenomenon of red algae, which colored the Nile waters red, and amazed the Egyptians a lot at the time, and there are several known events in history in which this phenomenon appeared in sources Natural water.

Frogs:

According to scientific explanations, the emergence of the wave of frogs throughout Egypt was due to the previous phenomenon, which is red algae, as it changed the environmental balance in the Nile, killing the fish that swam in it, and the death of the fish allowed the rapid reproduction of frogs, which multiplied without limits.

Lice:

The spread of lice, which is a common phenomenon even today in all parts of the world and not only in Egypt, during the reign of Pharaoh Moses, according to scientific interpretations, came because of the "frogs" that brought behind an epidemic of lice, which fed on the corpses of frogs that floated on the Nile River, in addition to Lice were a rare phenomenon in Egypt at that time.

Flies:

The plague of "flies", which was the fourth plague of the ten plagues, consisted of many insects, which, according to scientific explanations, fed on the dead bodies of frogs, fish, and algae that filled the Nile River.
The plague:
The "plague" epidemic was also common at that time, according to scientific estimates, and it was spread by rats, especially in Europe, and it is possible that the many insects that came to Egypt at that stage were the ones that transmitted the "plague" disease that led to mass death. for farm animals.

Boils:

The sixth plague was "boils," a skin ailment linked to leprosy that was spread by "flies" and insects that carried the disease.

Bringing down the cold and the fire:

Scientists have proven that areas where a severe volcanic eruption occurred are susceptible to the formation of severe thunderstorms, and it appears that a volcanic eruption has resulted in severe weather conditions, which were reflected in the heavy hail that destroyed Egypt's grain fields, and as for the outbreak of fire, it is still a mystery because scientists have not found a scientific explanation for it.

Locust:

The phenomenon of "locusts" is natural and still occurs to this day, and the locust strike is still common in the world, and in the Middle East as well, and in March 2013, swarms of locusts launched attacks on Sudan, Egypt and Israel, and according to scientific explanations for the "locust" strike that occurred During the reign of Pharaoh Moses, it came as a result of severe climatic changes that occurred due to the volcanic eruption, or as a result of hail, as heavy rainfall could in turn lead to the growth of locust swarms.

The Darkness:

The scientific explanations for the “darkness” strike said that the complete decline of darkness on the face of the region for a continuous period is a phenomenon that is difficult to explain, but it linked it to the volcanic eruption, as it is known that the accumulation of volcanic ash in the air may cause darkness, as has already happened also in the past years, and there is an explanation Another said that a "long solar eclipse" that occurred in Egypt may be behind this phenomenon.
Death of premature infants:
This is the most difficult blow to interpret among all the strikes of Egypt. According to the story recounted by Jewish beliefs, all the firstborn sons of the families of Egypt died in one night, while the sons of the Jews survived, and the “Torah” tells that God Himself moved from door to door, and slaughtered the children of The Egyptians, and the Jews were spared because they kept God's commandments by putting a mark on the doors of their homes with the blood of a lamb they sacrificed to God.
Scientists say that it is possible that the children of Egypt died because they ate contaminated grain, which was filled with mold after the plague and locusts struck, and others say that the Egyptians themselves were the ones who killed their firstborn sons and sacrificed them to their god, because they believed that only in this way would they be saved from the evils that befell them.

" The Seventh Plague of Egypt " 1823 By Artist John Martin (1789 – 1854)