The Bible refers to pestilence (Hebrew: דֶּבֶר – deber, often meaning plague, epidemic, or judgment) and plague in both the Old and New Testaments.

My ancestors knew what they were seeing and talked about it in great detail and foreboding. Everyone heard the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah and pestilence from the north accompanied by customs and ritual behavior seen as detestable by the overseeing deity (in charge of the genome project)

All of this coincides with the Bronze Age Collapse and the most intense geomagnetic flux anomaly in the history of Homo Sapiens beginning 1150 B.C. with some models -- from archaeointensity data during the Levant (LIAA Event)

Definitely not a coincidence.

Here’s a structured list by section:

Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Pentateuch (Torah):

Exodus 5:3 – “...lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

Exodus 9:3, 15 – The plague upon Egyptian livestock.

Exodus 32:35 – The LORD struck the people with a plague because of the golden calf.

Leviticus 26:25 – God warns of pestilence when Israel breaks His covenant.

Numbers 11:33 – A plague strikes while meat is still between their teeth.

Numbers 14:12, 37 – God threatens pestilence; men who brought bad report die by plague.

Numbers 16:46–50 – Aaron intercedes with incense during a plague.

Numbers 25:8–9 – A plague during Israel’s sin with Moab; 24,000 die.

Deuteronomy 28:21 – Pestilence as part of covenant curses.

Historical Books:

2 Samuel 24:13–15 – Pestilence sent for David’s census; 70,000 die.

1 Kings 8:37 – Solomon prays about pestilence among covenant curses.

2 Chronicles 6:28; 7:13–14 – Solomon’s prayer and God’s response, “If I send pestilence…”

Prophets & Wisdom Literature:

Jeremiah 14:12; 21:6–9; 24:10; 27:8, 13; 28:8; 29:17–18; 32:24, 36; 34:17; 38:2; 42:17, 22; 44:13 – Repeated warnings of pestilence alongside sword and famine.

Ezekiel 5:12, 17; 6:11–12; 7:15; 12:16; 14:19–21; 28:23 – Pestilence as divine judgment.

Amos 4:10 – God sent pestilence after the manner of Egypt.

Habakkuk 3:5 – “Before him went pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.”

New Testament

Matthew 24:7 – Jesus: “There will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes…”

Mark 13:8 – Parallel to Matthew, “famines and troubles.”

Luke 21:11 – “Great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places…”

Acts 24:5 – Paul called a “pestilent fellow” (metaphorical use).

Revelation 6:8 – The pale horse brings death by sword, famine, pestilence (or “plague”), and wild beasts.

Revelation 15:1, 6, 8; 16:9, 21; 18:4, 8; 21:9; 22:18 – The seven last plagues poured out; final judgments described as plagues.

Some translations use pestilence, others plague, depending on context.

The later prophets:

(Joel, Amos, Micah, Obadiah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Zechariah, Malachi) use plague/pestilence language, often tied to invading armies (Assyrians, Babylonians, “from the north”) or divine judgment. Sometimes it’s explicit (deber – pestilence), other times plague imagery is woven into descriptions of locusts, fire, famine, and sword.

Additional Old Testament References (minor Prophets)

Joel

Joel 1:4–7 – While “locusts” are literal, they are also plague imagery of destruction from the north.

Joel 2:2–3, 11 – Day of the LORD like an army bringing devastation; pestilence implied in covenant-curse language.

Amos

Amos 4:10 – “I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; your young men have I slain with the sword…” (direct pestilence reference).

Micah

Micah 1:12 – “The inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.” (interpreted by some as pestilence/judgment imagery).

Micah overall warns of destruction by Assyria and Babylon, pestilence included in the covenant curse backdrop.

Obadiah

No direct word “pestilence,” but the total destruction of Edom (Obadiah 1:7–9, 18) uses plague-like imagery.

Nahum

Nahum 1:2–3; 1:14 – The LORD will make Nineveh’s grave; devastation language implies pestilence.

Nahum 3:3–4, 19 – Assyria’s wounds incurable, a metaphor akin to plague.

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1:17–18 – God brings distress upon men, “their blood poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.” Often interpreted as pestilence language.

Zephaniah 2:13 – “He will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria.”

Zechariah

Zechariah 14:12–15 – Explicit plague imagery: “This shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people… their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet…”

Malachi

Malachi 4:1–2 – “The day comes, burning like an oven…” While not called “pestilence,” the consuming judgment parallels plague/fire.

Pattern

The “from the north” motif: Joel, Amos, Micah, and Zephaniah use northern invaders (Assyria, Babylon) as vessels of God’s pestilence/judgment.

Zechariah 14 gives the clearest plague language at the end of the prophetic books, describing it in almost biological terms.

I have shown with my recent research that the Bible mirrors the migration data, magnetic archaeo-intensity data, mummy DNA extraction, and general knowledge that all together, these factors may have driven disease vectors conducive for a convergent evolution in pathology leading to zoonotic epidemics for thousands of years and that may still affect the Y-chromosome to this day.