Repetition in the Bible: Plagues, Moses, Revelation, and Passover
  By Jack Cascione reclaimnews@earthlink.net
According to the Bible all plagues are sent by God.  It does not make any difference whether the Coronavirus is a contrived human catastrophe or a natural disaster.  In either case, God sends plagues and terror through an act of nature or human agency, but the result is the same.  The Bible has much to say about plagues sent by God set in Hebraic Meter (repetitions of thoughts, words, phrases, things, events, etc., in 7s, 10s, and 12s,) in the Pentateuch and Revelation.  The Bible begins and ends in the same manner on plagues.
 
God’s clinical execution of plagues is intended to teach both recipients and observers that He is impartial and shows no favorites in raining down His plagues on those who hate Him or His disobedient children.  There are no innocent people.  All sin leads to death.  God sends plagues either as a foretaste of eternal damnation or as a warning and chastening to believers, signaling that their time is short, and they should repent.  From the Divine perspective, all human beings are terminal, and it is just a question of when and how.
Consider how many millions among the Egyptians were killed by God among the firstborn by the Angel of Death during the Passover versus how many God killed among the Israelites (600,000 adult males and 600,000 adult females Exodus 12:37), over 40 years because they challenged His commands.  God is not manipulated by human beings.  He easily replaces the disobedient with the obedient.  There are no fists waving from the dust toward heaven.
 
The first 10 plagues on Egypt, (10 being the number of completed action for either benefit or curse) are listed as follows.
 
10 Plagues on Egypt
Plague of Waters turn to blood – 7:17-21
Plague of Frogs – Exodus 8:1-15
Plague of Lice – Exodus 8:16-19
Plague of Flies – Exodus 8:20-32
Plague of Pestilence – Exodus 9:1-7
Plague of Boils – Exodus 9:8-12
Plague of Hail – Exodus 9:13-35
Plague of Locusts – Exodus 10:1-20
Plague of Darkness – Exodus 10:21-29
Plague of the Death of the Firstborn – Exodus 11:1-12:36
Even though the plural for plague repeats 10 times in the Greek text of the book of Revelation, an obvious illusion to the 10 plagues in Exodus, Revelation states there are 7 last plagues.  When they are counted, there are actually three repetitions of seven plagues in Revelation.  First, in the 10 repetitions listed below, there are seven plagues: fire, smoke, brimstone, fierce heat, death, mourning, and famine.  Second, there are the seven bowls, a word which repeats 12 times, and these seven bowls contain malignant sores, sea turns to blood, rivers turn to blood, fire, darkness, Euphrates dries up (as it did for the destruction of Babylon).  And third, the seventh bowl contains seven plagues: voices, lightening, thunder, earthquake, cities collapse, islands disappear, mountains disappear, great hail stones.  There is some overlap in these plagues, which total 20 different plagues, twice the number that plagued Egypt.  These are not the only plagues and curses in Revelation, just as the 10 plagues on Egypt are not the only plagues in the Pentateuch, but these are selected to be arranged in Hebraic Meter.
 
Plagues 10 times in the book of Revelation
                 A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, (Rev 9:18)
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, (Rev 9:20)
                                           seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished. (Rev 15:1)
                         and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple,  (Rev 15:6)
and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished. (Rev 15:8 NAS)
And men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God
                                          who has the power over these plagues; (Rev 16:9)
Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins
                                 and that you may not receive of her plagues; (Rev 18:4)
                                                                   in one day her plagues will come,
pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire;  (Rev 18:8)
And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls
                                                         full of the seven last plagues,  (Rev 21:9)
if anyone adds to them,
                                                   God shall add to him the plagues which are written in this book;  (Rev 22:18)
 
Plagues: 10, πληγή (plege, play-gay'), plural, Revelation 9:18, 20; 15:1, 6, 8; 16:9; 18:4, 8; 21:9; 22:18;

The seven last plagues in Revelation, stated above in Rev. 21:9, are poured out from the wrath of God on the earth from seven bowls carried by seven angels.
 
Poured out his bowl 7 times in Revelation (no variants)
poured out his bowl onto…ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ εἰς (Rev. 16:2 BNT)
poured out his bowl onto…ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ εἰς (Rev. 16:3 BNT)
poured out his bowl onto…ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ εἰς (Rev. 16:4 BNT)
poured out his bowl on…...ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ (Rev. 16:8 BNT)
poured out his bowl on…...ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ (Rev. 16:10 BNT)
poured out his bowl on…...ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ (Rev. 16:12 BNT)
poured out his bowl on…...ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ (Rev. 16:17 BNT)
The seven angels with the seven bowls appear together 7 times in Revelation with the word plagues seven times.  It is difficult to determine the number of repetitions for the word angel(s) in Revelation.  The New American Standard and NIV follow Nestle’s Text and count 67.  Textus Receptus and the KJV count 75.  Nestle’s removed too many.  According to the presence of Hebraic Meter in the Greek text, the proper count should be 70, with the restoration of angel at 8:13, 16:3, and 16:8.  Of these 70 repetitions the words seven angels appear together in Revelation with plague or bowl seven times.
 
Seven angels with seven bowls/last plagues 7 times in Revelation
                          seven angels who had seven plagues,
which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished. (Rev 15:1 NAS)
             and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple (Rev 15:6 NAS)
       gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God (Rev 15:7 NAS)
                                                     until the seven plagues of
                    the seven angels were finished. (Rev 15:8 NAS)
    saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth." (Rev 16:1 NAS)
And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, (Rev 17:1 NAS)
And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, (Rev 21:9 NAS)
 
A Hebrew word for plague מַגֵּפָה (maggephah, mag-gay-faw') repeats 10 times and speaks about  God’s plagues on Egypt and Israel.  It appears this word was invented or derived from another word for plague נֶגַע (nega`, neh'-gah) or to smite or plague נגף (nagaph, naw-gaf').  Translations may not be consistent in their translation of the same Hebrew word.
 
Plague מַגֵּפָה (maggephah, mag-gay-faw')10 Times in the Pentateuch 
"For this time I will send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. (Exo 9:14 NAS)
even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the LORD. (Num 14:37 NAS)
And he took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked. (Num 16:48 NAS)
But those who died by the plague were 14,700, besides those who died on account of Korah. (Num 16:49 NAS)
Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the tent of meeting, for the plague had been checked. (Num 16:50 NAS)
and he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body.  So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked. (Num 25:8)
And those who died by the plague were 24,000. (Num 25:9 NAS)
for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor." (Num 25:18 NAS)
Then it came about after the plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, (Num 26:1 NAS)
"Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD. (Num 31:16 NAS)
The above verses present an apparent contradiction in that the 10th plague on Egypt is also the first of 10 repetitions of the same word for plague against Israel מַגֵּפָה (maggephah, mag-gay-faw').  In this arrangement the Passover takes place where the 10 plagues on the Egyptians and 10 repetitions of plague on the Israelites overlap.  The 10th plague on Egypt results in the death of Egypt’s firstborn sons, and the first of 10 repetitions of plague on Israel is were God transfers punishment for Israel’s sins onto Israel’s only Firstborn Son on Mount Calvary, the final Passover Lamb, Jesus Christ.  In other words, the Israelites the Egyptians were guilty of sin but the Passover delayed God’s punishment on the Israelites until the time of Christ, when He was punished in place of the Israelites and the world.  Noah was saved by water and Israel was saved by blood and water.  “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. (Rom 5:9 NAS)  How much more did God free the world from the devil with the blood of Jesus Christ as He freed Israel from Egypt with blood from Passover lambs. 
 
The process of the Levitical Priesthood dealing with plagues introduces 12 repetitions.  The following is a list of all 12 repetitions of נֶגַע (nega`, neh'-gah), a Hebrew word for plague, preceded by the Hebrew et, the sign of the direct object.  This Hebrew word for plague is often translated as mark or leprosy depending on the translator’s preference.
The plague (with et) 12 times in the Pentateuch
       And the priest shall look at the plague on the skin of the body  (Lev 13:3)
       then the priest shall isolate him who has the plague for seven days.   (Lev 13:4)
                           he shall pronounce clean him who has the plague (Lev 13:13)
               the priest shall pronounce clean him who has the plague; he is clean. (Lev 13:17)
        and the priest shall look at the plague (Lev 13:30)
        And on the seventh day
               the priest shall look at the plague, (Lev 13:32)
       And the priest shall look at the plague (Lev 13:50)
                    and he shall quarantine the article  with the plague for seven days. (Lev 13:50)
                   And he shall look at the plague on the seventh day;  (Lev 13:51)
       And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed:  (Lev 13:55)
                     priest looks at the plague (Lev 14:36)
                   And he shall look on the plague (Lev 14:37)
    וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֣ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֣גַע בְּעֽוֹר־הַ֠בָּשָׂר  (Lev 13:3)
       וְהִסְגִּ֧יר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֖גַע שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים (Lev 13:4)
                       וְטִהַ֖ר אֶת־הַנָּ֑גַע (Lev 13:13)
         וְטִהַ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֖גַע טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא (Lev 13:17)
                       וְרָאָ֙ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע (Lev 13:30)
     וְרָאָ֙ה הַכֹּהֵ֣ן אֶת־הַנֶּגַע֘ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒ (Lev 13:32)
       וְהִסְגִּ֥יר אֶת־הַנֶּ֖גַע שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים (Lev 13:50)
                      וְרָאָ֥ה הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַנָּ֑גַע  (Lev 13:50)
     וְרָאָ֙ה אֶת־הַנֶּ֜גַע בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (Lev 13:51)
                       וְרָאָ֙ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אַחֲרֵ֣י׀ הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע (Lev 13:55)
                       הַכֹּהֵן֙ לִרְא֣וֹת אֶת־הַנֶּ֔גַע (Lev 14:36)
                       וְרָאָ֣ה אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע (Lev 14:37)
The following are just three of many examples of the Ceremonial Law set in Hebraic Meter that deal with cleansing the unclean person from plagues and numerous other forms of uncleanness.  One could conclude that Old Testament Ceremonial Law is obsessed with the process of cleansing from all manner of uncleanness, plagues, and sin.
And will see the priest 12 times in the Pentateuch
And will see the priest and behold 7 times in the Pentateuch
And will see the priest the plague                    (Lev 13:3)
And will see the priest                                      (Lev 13:6)
And will see the priest and behold                   (Lev 13:8)
And will see the priest and behold                   (Lev 13:10)
And will see the priest and behold                   (Lev 13:13)
And will see the priest                                      (Lev 13:15)
And will see the priest and behold                   (Lev 13:20)
And will see the priest the plague and behold  (Lev 13:30)
And will see the priest the plague                     (Lev 13:32)
And will see the priest                                       (Lev 13:34)
And will see the priest and behold                   (Lev 13:39)
And will see the priest the plague                     (Lev 13:50)
And will see the priest                                       (Lev 13:55)
And will see the priest and behold                    (Lev 14:3)
 
       וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֣ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֣גַע   (Lev 13:3)
                     וְרָאָה֩ הַכֹּהֵ֙ן  (Lev 13:6)
               וְרָאָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה (Lev 13:8)
               וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה (Lev 13:10)
               וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֙ה (Lev 13:13)
                      וְרָאָ֧ה הַכֹּהֵ֛ן (Lev 13:15)
               וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה (Lev 13:20)
וְרָאָ֙ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְהִנֵּ֤ה  (Lev 13:30)
         וְרָאָ֙ה הַכֹּהֵ֣ן אֶת־הַנֶּגַע (Lev 13:32)
                     וְרָאָה֩ הַכֹּהֵ֙ן  (Lev 13:34)
              וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה  (Lev 13:39)
         וְרָאָ֥ה הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַנָּ֑גַע  (Lev 13:50)
                     וְרָאָ֙ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן  (Lev 13:55)
               וְרָאָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה (Lev 14:3)
 
In water and shall be unclean until evening 12 times in the Pentateuch
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:5)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:6)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:7)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:8)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:10)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:11)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:17)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:21)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:22)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:27)
             in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean (Lev 17:15)
             in water, and be unclean until the even (Num 19:8)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:5)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:6)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:7)
              וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:8)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:10)
              וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:11)
             וְכֻבַּ֥ס                 בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב  (Lev 15:17)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:21)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:22)
              וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:27)
     וְכִבֶּ֙ס בְּגָדָ֜יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעֶ֖רֶב וְטָהֵֽר  (Lev 17:15)
             בַּמָּ֑יִם וְטָמֵ֖א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב                          (Num 19:8)
 
Shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even
10 times in the Book of Leviticus
             shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:5)
             shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:6)
             shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:7)
then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:8)
             shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:10)
then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:11)
             shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:21)
             shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:22)
then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even (Lev 15:27)
then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean (Lev 17:15)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:5)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:6)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:7)
              וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:8)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:10)
              וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:11)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:21)
              יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:22)
              וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב (Lev 15:27)
     וְכִבֶּ֙ס בְּגָדָ֜יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעֶ֖רֶב וְטָהֵֽר  (Lev 17:15)                               )
In Christ we have this promise:
9 For you have made the LORD, my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place.
10 No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent.
11 For He will give His angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways.
12 They will bear you up in their hands, Lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and cobra, The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.
14 "Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.
15 "He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and honor him.
16 "With a long life I will satisfy him, And let him behold My salvation."
(Psa 91:9-16 NAS)