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June 12, 2009
10 Plagues Mnemonic
I'm sure you've never, ever, even once, wished you could remember the 10 plagues in Egypt in order. But JUST IN CASE, here's a way I just made up. Actually two. Take your pick. Can you tell I'm reading in Exodus at the moment? Now you'll be ready for that winning trivial pursuit question.
| Blows | From | God | Flowed; | Liberty | Bought; | How | Lord | Delivered | Finally. |
| Blood | Frogs | Gnats | Flies | Livestock | Boils | Hail | Locusts | Darkness | Firstborn |
Notice that where there are duplicate first letters (Bx2, Fx3, Lx2!), the second letter of the mnemonic word is the same as the second letter of the plague word, which helps a lot!
Before I noticed how many duplicate initials there were, I had come up with this other mnemonic, which I actually like better in general:
| Before | Fleeing | Goshen, | Frightening | Lashes | Bombarded | Heavily; | Lord | Defeated | Foes. |
| Blood | Frogs | Gnats | Flies | Livestock | Boils | Hail | Locusts | Darkness | Firstborn |
But it presents too many problems with the duplicate initials, unless you remember the order of the account already, in which case you don't need a mnemonic!
Let's have soft, thankful hearts towards God in the first place (there's no time like the present), such that we don't need any plagues to get our attention and get us to submit...
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That's a great final sentence.
Posted by: Martin LaBar | Jun 12, 2009 11:41:16 AM
