There isn’t a single universally fixed number in all traditions, but the common answer to “how many plagues were there in Egypt?” is ten. What the question typically refers to
- Traditional Jewish, Christian, and many popular sources recount ten plagues that God sent to Egypt in the Exodus narrative.
- Some ancient or alternative interpretations discuss different counts (for example, earlier manuscript traditions sometimes mention seven or eight plagues, with later additions bringing the total to ten), but the standard modern retelling uses ten plagues.
Brief outline of the ten plagues (as commonly listed)
- Water turned to blood
- Frogs
- Lice or gnats
- Flies
- Livestock pestilence
- Boils
- Hail
- Locusts
- Darkness
- Death of the firstborn
If you’d like, I can provide a brief comparison of how various traditions list or order the plagues, or explore how different sources (biblical, rabbinic, or scholarly) discuss the sequence and rationale behind the plagues.
