<P> The Plagues of Egypt (Hebrew: מכות מצרים, Makot Mitzrayim), also called the ten biblical plagues, were ten calamities that, according to the biblical Book of Exodus, God inflicted upon Egypt as a demonstration of power, after which the Pharaoh conceded to Moses' demands to let the enslaved Israelites go into the wilderness to make sacrifices . God repeatedly hardened the Pharaoh's heart to prevent him from consenting until after the tenth plague . The Israelites' eventual departure began the Exodus of the Hebrew people . </P> <P> The plagues served to contrast the power of the God of Israel with the Egyptian gods, invalidating them . Some commentators have associated several of the plagues with judgment on specific gods associated with the Nile, fertility and natural phenomena . According to Exodus 12: 12, all the gods of Egypt would be judged through the tenth and final plague: "On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt . I am the LORD ." </P>

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