Question:
Is there any record showing the time that passed between the plagues that fell on the Egyptians, as recorded in Exodus?
Answer:
You can ascertain that to some extent by studying the text together with a knowledge of Egypt’s climatic and crop conditions. When the plagues began, the Nile must have been high, as the land was soaked with water; the plague of flies when the waters were abating; of storm and tempest upon the growing, early crops; of locusts upon those which revived from the hail and sprang up later. All the cattle of Egypt in the field that were attacked died. It is reasonable to suppose that many Egyptians gathered their cattle in. And after this plague, it is reasonable to presume that they took of the Israelites’ cattle. The plagues seem to have lasted nearly or quite a round of the seasons.
