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Exodus 10:21

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The Ninth Plague: Darkness

21 Then the LORD said to Moses, 1"Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be 2darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt."
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Exodus 10:21 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 10:21

And the Lord said unto Moses
About the eleventh day of the month Abib: stretch out thine hand toward heaven;
where the luminaries are, and from whence light comes: that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which
may be felt;
that is, what caused it, the gross vapours and thick fogs; for otherwise darkness itself, being a privation of light, cannot be felt: Onkelos paraphrases it,

``after that the darkness of the night is removed;''
so Jonathan; that it might appear to be different from that, and be much grosser.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 10:21 In-Context

19 And the LORD turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt.
20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.
21 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt."
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.

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