Exodus 10:22 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Exodus 10:22

20 But the Lord ^ahardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

The Ninth Plague: Darkness

21 Then the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt,¹ darkness which may even be felt.”

22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was ^athick darkness in all the land of Egypt ^bthree days.

23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. ^aBut all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses and ^asaid, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your ^blittle ones also go with you.”

25 But Moses said, “You must also give¹ us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

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PLAGUE OF DARKNESS. (Exodus 10:21-29)

Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness—Whatever secondary means were employed in producing it, whether thick clammy fogs and vapors, according to some; a sandstorm, or the chamsin, according to others; it was such that it could be almost perceived by the organs of touch, and so protracted as to continue for three days, which the chamsin does [HENGSTENBERG]. The appalling character of this calamity consisted in this, that the sun was an object of Egyptian idolatry; that the pure and serene sky of that country was never marred by the appearance of a cloud. And here, too, the Lord made a marked difference between Goshen and the rest of Egypt.

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Exodus 10:22:

Exodus 10:21-23
Psalms 105:28-36
Ezekiel 32:7

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