Week 7 Quiz

Reassurance of Moses

1. Is there a non-miraculous way to change a staff into a live serpent?
2. Was Aaron's rod that became a serpent actually a miracle? Why or why not?
3. Why does the Hebrew call what Aaron's rod changed into a "sea monster" as well as a "serpent"?
4. What is the significance of Aaron's serpent eating the serpents of the magicians?
5. Which Egyptian god did the Aaron's serpent attack? What was his/her role in Egyptian cosmology?
6. What difficulties does the text itself present for the Nile changing to literal blood?
7. How does the text support literal blood?
8. What Egyptian god was attacked by the Nile becoming blood?
9. What does the 10th plague suggest concerning whether the Nile blood was literal?
10. Who hardened Pharoah's heart?