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Each scene is marked by three white pyramids in the background, an image of Pharaoh on the left, and a figure representing Moses and Aaron on the right. The outer margins picture the various gods of the Egyptian pantheon.<\/p>\n<p>Why does the artist choose to illustrate all ten plagues here even though the <em>parasha<\/em> relates only the last three?Why does he picture Egyptian gods?<\/p>\n<p>We can answer these questions by reviewing the story of the eighth plague. Moses and Aaron come to Pharaoh demanding, in the name of God, that he let the Israelites leave Egypt to worship Him in the desert. They warn Pharaoh that if he refuses, there will be a plague of locusts \u201cthat shall cover the surface (<em>ein<\/em>) of the land so that no one will be able to see the land\u201d (Exod. 10:5). The Hebrew word \u201c<em>ein<\/em>\u201d refers to the \u201csun\u201d (eye of the land) that will be covered, so the land will not be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Pharaoh refuses, but his servants, feeling threatened, urge him to let the Israelites go. He calls Moses and Aaron back and agrees to let the men go but not the women and children, saying, \u201csee ye that evil (<em>ra\u2019ah<\/em>) is before your face\u201d (Exod. 10:10). As the Hebrew word \u201c<em>ra\u2019ah<\/em>\u201d is also one of the names of the Egyptian sun-god, scholars see that statement as a portent of a bitter struggle between Ra\u2019ah and the locusts. Pharaoh then voices a connection between a plague and a particular Egyptian god, so the artist pictured all the plagues here, juxtaposing them with the relevant Egyptians deities.<\/p>\n<p>The first plague, which caused the Nile\u2019s water to turn into blood, was an attack against the Nile god Hapi<em>.<\/em> The frogs of the second plague defy the goddess of fertility, Hekat, shown with a human body and a frog\u2019s head, and is associated with frogs. The third plague of lice confronted the god Khepri<em>, <\/em>a human figure with a beetle-shaped head, who represents rebirth out of the sand. The fourth plague, the blood-sucking dog fly, a creature that was abhorred, was seen as the manifestation of the fly god Uatchit. The fifth plague, the pestilence that attacked the cattle, was linked with the goddess Hathor, who has the form of a large cow. The sixth plague, the boils, was associated with the goddess of epidemics, <em>S<\/em>ekhmet, a woman with a lion\u2019s head. The seventh plague, the hail storm was an attack against Seth, the god responsible for wind and storm. The ninth plague, the darkening of the sun, defied Horus, the god of light, a personification of the life-giving power of the sun, usually pictured as a falcon-headed man wearing a sun disk as a crown. The darkness and its obstruction of the sun proved God\u2019s supremacy. The tenth plague, killing of the first born, assailed Osiris, the king of the dead, pictured as a bearded figure with white mummy wrappings and a crown, holding the symbols of supreme power.<\/p>\n<p>In sum, God declares: \u201cI will mete out punishments to all the gods of Egypt, I the Lord\u201d (Exod.12:12).<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":69374,"id":69374,"title":"15 BO","filename":"15-BO.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/15-BO.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/bo-death-to-deities\/15-bo\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"15-bo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":69371,"date":"2020-01-30 22:00:29","modified":"2020-01-30 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