The Plagues of Egypt (Hebrew: מכות מצרים, Makot Mitzrayim), the Biblical Plagues or the Ten Plagues (עשר המכות, Eser Ha-Makot) are the ten calamities inflicted upon Egypt by God in the Biblical story recounted the book of Exodus, chapters 7 - 12, in order to convince Pharaoh (possibly Ramesses II, making the pharaoh of the Oppression Horemheb) to let the Israelite slaves leave.The 10 plagues as they appear in the Torah are:
- (Exodus 7:14-25) rivers and other water sources turned to blood ('Dam')
- (Exodus 7:26-8:11) amphibians (commonly believed to be frogs) ('Tsfardeia')
- (Exodus 8:12-15) lice ('Kinim')
- (Exodus 8:16-28) Either flies, wild animals or beetles ('Arov')
- (Exodus 9:1-7) disease on livestock ('Dever')
- (Exodus 9:8-12) unhealable boils ('Shkhin')
- (Exodus 9:13-35) hail mixed with fire ('Barad')
- (Exodus 10:1-20) locusts ('Arbeh')
- (Exodus 10:21-29) darkness ('Choshech')
- (Exodus 11:1-12:36) death of the firstborn ('Makat Bechorot')
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