question about plagues of Egypt in Exodus

[goldust59]

Anyone have info about what length of time transpired between Moses first meeting with Pharaoh and the departure from Egypt? Or the duration of the plagues?

[gdemoss]

Anyone have info about what length of time transpired between Moses first meeting with Pharaoh and the departure from Egypt? Or the duration of the plagues?

Praying!

In Jesus Name,

Gary

[franciskelsey]

Anyone have info about what length of time transpired between Moses first meeting with Pharaoh and the departure from Egypt? Or the duration of the plagues?

Tough question. Moses was 80 years old it appears when he first talked to Pharaoh (Exodus 7:7) but how long was he in Egypt before he spoke to Moses? Could of been months. Also not knowing for sure if this mention was for the very first time Moses spoke to Pharaoh or the second time, when God performed wonders recorded in chapture 6. And how much time passed after the first encounter? It was seven days for the blood water event, but no time frame set regarding the frogs or any other event regarding this time frame.

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A: The Bible does not tell us the answer to this question, and as a result,

there are numerous guesses. These range anywhere from about a month to about a

year (the Jewish Mishnah says 1 year). Based on my studies, I am guessing about

4-5 months. Here is why.

We do know several facts for sure. First, the Bible says in (Ex 7:6) that Moses

was 80 years old when the 10 plagues started after he spoke to Pharaoh. After the

plagues were done, and Pharaoh finally let the Israelites go, they wandered in the

desert for 40 years (Num 14:33-34, 32:13). Moses died at the end of the 40 years at

the age of 120 (Deut 34:7). Therefore, if Moses was 80 at the start, wandered 40

years, and died at 120, the plagues had to have ended in under a year.

The rest of this interesting article can be found here http://jesusalive.cc/ques219.htm

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So I guess on all the sites I have come across, it had to be or was believed to be about around one year, though their are some who put it as low as 40 days, but this seems very unlikely to me. In many cases, I do like to stick with the Jewish traditions. I too, after tonights web searching, am concinced it was between nine months to a year, but could of not been any more because of the ages of Moses shown above.

God bless and I hope that helps a little.

[goldust59]

Anyone have info about what length of time transpired between Moses first meeting with Pharaoh and the departure from Egypt? Or the duration of the plagues?

Tough question. Moses was 80 years old it appears when he first talked to Pharaoh (Exodus 7:7) but how long was he in Egypt before he spoke to Moses? Could of been months. Also not knowing for sure if this mention was for the very first time Moses spoke to Pharaoh or the second time, when God performed wonders recorded in chapture 6. And how much time passed after the first encounter? It was seven days for the blood water event, but no time frame set regarding the frogs or any other event regarding this time frame.

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A: The Bible does not tell us the answer to this question, and as a result,

there are numerous guesses. These range anywhere from about a month to about a

year (the Jewish Mishnah says 1 year). Based on my studies, I am guessing about

4-5 months. Here is why.

We do know several facts for sure. First, the Bible says in (Ex 7:6) that Moses

was 80 years old when the 10 plagues started after he spoke to Pharaoh. After the

plagues were done, and Pharaoh finally let the Israelites go, they wandered in the

desert for 40 years (Num 14:33-34, 32:13). Moses died at the end of the 40 years at

the age of 120 (Deut 34:7). Therefore, if Moses was 80 at the start, wandered 40

years, and died at 120, the plagues had to have ended in under a year.

The rest of this interesting article can be found here http://jesusalive.cc/ques219.htm

=============================================================

So I guess on all the sites I have come across, it had to be or was believed to be about around one year, though their are some who put it as low as 40 days, but this seems very unlikely to me. In many cases, I do like to stick with the Jewish traditions. I too, after tonights web searching, am concinced it was between nine months to a year, but could of not been any more because of the ages of Moses shown above.

God bless and I hope that helps a little.

Thank you so much for the link & yes it helped.