Bible Journaling - Exodus 9 & 10

Exodus 9 and 10 reads like a showdown between God and Pharaoh. In this showdown, God turns the Egyptian gods into plagues and the Egyptian priests prove powerless to veto Him. The key passage in these chapter is found in chapter 9, verses 13-16, where Pharaoh is once again instructed to allow the Israelites to leave. God then says: "If you don't, I will send more plagues... Then you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth. By now I could have lifted my hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the face of the earth. But I have spared you for a purpose, to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth." When the Pharaoh responds to this with stubborn indignation, more plagues do follow, until even Rah needs to submit before the God Who revealed Himself as the One Who Is (I AM), and Egypt suffers three days of darkness. I opted to illustrate these chapters as the Egyptian all-seeing eye, the symbol of Rah, versus the Hebrew letters YHVH, which translates to I AM.

Exodus 9 and 10 look like this in the Inspire Praise Bible.

I coat the pages with Zellen Clear Gesso before I start.

The pages look like this when I am ready to start journaling.

I use an HB pencil to draw a large Egyptian eye ocross one page.

I use Mont Marte Adult Colouring Duo Markers in Black to colour the eye.

Then I write the Hebrew letters in pencil across the opposite page.

I use the same markers to colour these letters, but this time I use shades of green, a colour that represents life.

To complete the pages, I paint the backgrounds in Derwent Inktense Blocks, using a Pentel Aqua Brush. I use brown for the Egyptian background and a sunny and cheerful yellow for God's background.

My layout looks like this when I am done.

You can watch a short compilation video of the steps above on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/tKWMbLZLtik

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