Exodus 7-10 - Pharoah’s Responses to Each of the Plagues

Plague #1 (blood): Would not even listen to a request (7:22-23)
  • Magicians also performed the miracle (7:22) [to the demise of the people?!]
  • Pharoah’s heart wasn’t moved (7:23)

Plague #2 (frogs): Agreed to release the people if the frogs were taken away (8:8) Lies!
  • Magicians also performed the miracle (8:7) [to the demise of the people?!]
  • Pharoah hardened his heart (8:15)

Plague #3 (lice): Refused to listen to the magicians’ suggestions (8:19)
  • Magicians, “this is the finger of God” (8:19)
  • Pharoah’s heart grew hard (8:19)

Plague #4 (flies): Suggested Israel go for 3 days and sacrifice (8:25) Lies!
  • Pharoah hardened his heart (8:32)

Plague #5 (livestock): Refuses (9:7)
  • Pharoah’s heart was hard (9:7)

Plague #6 (boils): Refuses (9:12)
  • Magicians, helpless (11)
  • The Lord hardened Pharoah’s heart (9:12)

Plague #7 (hail): Agreed to release the people if the rain and hail stopped (9:28) Lies!
  • Pharoah repents (9:27-28)
  • Pharoah’s heart was hard (9:35)

Plague #8 (locusts): Agreed to let only the men go (10:11) Lies!
  • Pharaoh repents (10:16-17)
  • The Lord hardened Pharoah’s heart (inclusio, 10:1 and 20)

Plague #9 (darkness): Agreed to let the men, women, and children go; not the animals (10:24) Lies!
  • The Lord hardened Pharoah’s heart (10:27)