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Selected Verse: Exodus 10:21 - Strong Concordance

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Ex 10:21 Strong Concordance And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Stretch out [05186] thine hand [03027] toward heaven [08064], that there may be darkness [02822] over the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], even darkness [02822] which may be felt [04959].
  King James And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
PLAGUE OF DARKNESS. (Exo 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.
 
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21 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Stretch out [05186] thine hand [03027] toward heaven [08064], that there may be darkness [02822] over the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], even darkness [02822] which may be felt [04959].
22 And Moses [04872] stretched forth [05186] his hand [03027] toward heaven [08064]; and there was a thick [0653] darkness [02822] in all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] three [07969] days [03117]:
23 They saw [07200] not one [0376] another [0251], neither rose [06965] any [0376] from his place for three [07969] days [03117]: but all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] had light [0216] in their dwellings [04186].
24 And Pharaoh [06547] called [07121] unto Moses [04872], and said [0559], Go [03212] ye, serve [05647] the LORD [03068]; only let your flocks [06629] and your herds [01241] be stayed [03322]: let your little ones [02945] also go [03212] with you.
25 And Moses [04872] said [0559], Thou must give [05414] us [03027] also sacrifices [02077] and burnt offerings [05930], that we may sacrifice [06213] unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
26 Our cattle [04735] also shall go [03212] with us; there shall not an hoof [06541] be left behind [07604]; for thereof must we take [03947] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068] our God [0430]; and we know [03045] not with what we must serve [05647] the LORD [03068], until we come [0935] thither.
27 But the LORD [03068] hardened [02388] Pharaoh's [06547] heart [03820], and he would [014] not let them go [07971].
28 And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559] unto him, Get [03212] thee from me, take heed [08104] to thyself, see [07200] my face [06440] no more [03254]; for in that day [03117] thou seest [07200] my face [06440] thou shalt die [04191].
29 And Moses [04872] said [0559], Thou hast spoken [01696] well [03651], I will see [07200] thy face [06440] again [03254] no more.
29 And he said [0559] unto him, Thou knowest [03045] how [0834] I have served [05647] thee, and how [0834] thy cattle [04735] was with me.
29 And thou shalt grope [04959] at noonday [06672], as the blind [05787] gropeth [04959] in darkness [0653], and thou shalt not prosper [06743] in thy ways [01870]: and thou shalt be only oppressed [06231] and spoiled [01497] evermore [03117], and no man shall save [03467] thee.
26 And Samson [08123] said [0559] unto the lad [05288] that held [02388] him by the hand [03027], Suffer [03240] me that I may feel [04184] [03237] the pillars [05982] whereupon the house [01004] standeth [03559], that I may lean [08172] upon them.
7 They have hands [03027], but they handle [04184] not: feet [07272] have they, but they walk [01980] not: neither speak [01897] they through their throat [01627].
9 He will keep [08104] the feet [07272] of his saints [02623], and the wicked [07563] shall be silent [01826] in darkness [02822]; for by strength [03581] shall no man [0376] prevail [01396].
49 He cast [07971] upon them the fierceness [02740] of his anger [0639], wrath [05678], and indignation [02195], and trouble [06869], by sending [04917] evil [07451] angels [04397] among them.
10 And [2532] the fifth [3991] angel [32] poured out [1632] his [846] vial [5357] upon [1909] the seat [2362] of the beast [2342]; and [2532] his [846] kingdom [932] was [1096] full of darkness [4656]; and [2532] they gnawed [3145] their [846] tongues [1100] for [1537] pain [4192],