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Exodus 8: Natural Born Plagues
There are many interpretations as to why God picked these specific twelve plagues. One possible interpretation is that God wanted to show His mastery over nature. In this interpretation, the plagues are not supernatural phenomena, but simply natural events gone awry.
The initial plague of blood is created by a small imbalance in the Nile: Most likely the introduction of an overgrowth of oxygen consuming algae that spreads creating a blood red coloration of the water (Blood). Next, the frogs that live in the water abandon their distressed natural habitat and spread across the land (Frogs)…
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