1. C. Wright, Deuteronomy, 51.
2. Of this, Moses will have more to say later; see comments on Deut 9.
3. For an easily accessible overview of Egyptian religion, see D. R. Redford, ed., The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002). Incidentally, there is no artifactual support for the often repeated claim that the ten plagues visited upon Egypt (Exo.7-11) represented polemics against Egypt's gods.