BESIDES HIS WAY TO END JEWISH SLAVERY, WHY ELSE DID GOD HIT EGYPT WITH THE TEN PLAGUES? [1 of 2] God sent ten specific plagues to the Egyptians that seemed to target their witchcraft and all their false deities that they relied upon to aid in their witchcraft practices. God turned their Nile River water to blood because Egypt had a river-source god named Khnum, a spirit (demon) of the Nile called Hapi, and their god Osiris was said to have the Nile as its bloodstream. Rather than those evil entities being in control, God let the Egyptians know He is in charge. Looking at the other plagues, Hapi was also the frog goddess of Egypt (frog plague); Seb was the earth god of Egypt (lice); Uatchit was the flie god of Egypt (gnats); and Ptah, Mnevis, Hathor, and Amon were Egyptian gods associated bulls and cows (livestock dying). Sekhmet was the Egyptian god of epidemics, along with Serapis and Imhotep who were the gods of healing (boils on Egyptians). God also sent hail because Nut was the Egyptian sky goddess. Isis and Seth were the Egyptian agriculture deities (crops destroyed). Shu was the Egyptian god of the atmosphere, and Serapia was the Egyptian deity who was supposed to protect them from locusts. Are you starting to see God's message? He is saying that only the One true God has ultimate power. On top of all that, why did God send three days of darkness? It was because Re, Amon-re, Aten, Alum, and Horus were the Egyptian sun gods, while Thoth was the Egyptian moon god. So, God let the Egyptians know they would not be getting any light from either of His celestial orbs.