announced plagues upon Egypt. The first nine plagues did not result in the repentance of the Egyptians or their leader. The tenth plague, the deaths of the Egyptian firstborns, resulted in Pharaoh releasing the children of Israel. During these plagues, God supernaturally made a distinction between the Egyptians and the children of Israel by protecting the children of Israel in the land of Goshen. Even the most severe plague, the death of the firstborns, did not touch Israel because the Israelites