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  2. Plagues of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    For example, the plague of frogs is performed as a light aria for alto, depicting frogs jumping in the violins, and the plague of flies and lice is a light chorus with fast scurrying runs in the violins. [32] An other representation of the plagues, mainly the 10th plague, is the song "Creeping Death" by American thrash metal band Metallica.

  3. Locust - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient Egyptians carved locusts on tombs in the period 2470 to 2220 BC. A devastating plague in Egypt is mentioned in the Book of Exodus in the Bible. [17] [35] Locust plague is mentioned in the Indian Mahabharata. [36] The Iliad mentions locusts taking to the wing to escape fire. [37] Plagues of locusts are mentioned in the Quran. [12]

  4. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Wikipedia

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    The origin of this interpretation is unclear. Some translations of the Bible mention "plague" (e.g. the New International Version) [25] or "pestilence" (e.g. the Revised Standard Version) [26] in connection with the riders in the passage following the introduction of the fourth rider; cf. "They were given power over a fourth of the Earth to ...

  5. Book of Joel - Wikipedia

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    While the book purports to describe a plague of locusts, some ancient Jewish opinion saw the locusts as allegorical interpretations of Israel's enemies. [23] This allegorical interpretation was applied to the church by many church fathers. Calvin took a literal interpretation of chapter 1, but allegorical view of chapter 2, a position echoed by ...

  6. Seven trumpets - Wikipedia

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    They command a force of two-hundred million mounted troops whose horses exude plagues of fire, smoke, and brimstone from their mouths. The mounted horsemen wore breastplates with the color of fire, hyacinth, and brimstone. The horses are with lion's head and their tails, as well, are like a serpent with a head.

  7. Aaron's rod - Wikipedia

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    Aaron's rod budding. Aaron's rod (Hebrew: מַטֶּה אַהֲרֹן) refers to any of the walking sticks carried by Moses' brother, Aaron, in the Torah.The Bible tells how, along with Moses's rod, Aaron's rod was endowed with miraculous power during the Plagues of Egypt that preceded the Exodus.

  8. Argentina is facing the worst locust plague in 50 years - AOL

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    Argentina is facing a plague of locusts. Officials say it's the worst invasion the country has seen in 50 years. %shareLinks-quote="The locusts are covering more than 700,000 hectareas or about 1. ...

  9. Haggadah - Wikipedia

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    Arbeh (locusts) – Locusts swarmed over Egypt; Choshech (darkness) – Egypt was covered in darkness; Makkat Bechorot (killing of the first-born) – All the first-born sons of the Egyptians were slain by God; With the recital of the Ten Plagues, each participant removes a drop of wine from his or her cup using a fingertip.