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We are used to thinking that Yahveh struck Egypt with ten plagues. It is interesting, therefore, to discover that this number is mentioned nowhere in Torah, unlike the Ten Commandments, whose number is explicitly noted.
At the burning bush, Yahveh gave Moses three signs: the staff turning into a serpent, the hand that became leprous, and the water that turned into blood. These signs were given, originally, so that Israel will believe Moses, but Yahveh commanded him explicitly to also display them before Pharaoh: "See all the wonders that I have placed in your hand - and you shall perform them before Pharaoh." Exodus 4:21
Surprisingly, Moses showed Pharaoh only the signs of the staff and of the blood. Moses never showed him the sign of leprosy, and even the two signs that were displayed did not match the command concerning them. At the burning bush the staff turned into a snake, while before Pharaoh it became a crocodile. At the burning bush Moses was commanded to take some of the water from the Nile and to pour it onto the dry land; when Moses actually carried out the plague of blood, all the water of the Nile (and all the other water in Egypt) turns into blood.
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