Saturday, May 29, 2021

God 10 / Egyptian deities 0 - SERIES: 1st Plague

Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood
  And the fish that was in the river died
and the river stank
and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; 
and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments....
Exodus 7:20-22
 
"The 1st plague was directed against the Nile itself, which the
Egyptians worshiped as their source of life. 
 
This plague confronted the numerous river deities, including Khnum (guardian of the Nile), Hapi (spirit of the Nile and god of fertility) and Osiris (god of the underworld, whose blood the Nile was considered to be). 
 
By turning the Nile into blood and killing the fish (supposedly protected by Hathor and Neith), Moses was not only shaming all these Egyptian objects of worship, but also showing that sustenance comes only from the hand of Yahweh." CMI