they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days. This was another sign of God's great anger and one of those that point forward to the last Judgment, a heavy, continuous darkness, which was not illumined by a single ray of light for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings; the land of Goshen, where they dwelt, was not included in the plague.
Verse Exodus 10:23. _THEY SAW NOT ONE ANOTHER_] So deep was the obscurity, and probably such was its nature, that no artificial light could be procured; as the thick clammy vapours would prevent lamp...
HAD LIGHT IN THEIR DWELLINGS - The sandstorm, if such were the cause, may not have extended to the district of Goshen; but the expression clearly denotes a miraculous intervention, whether accomplishe...
CHAPTER 10 THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES _ 1. The eighth plague: locusts (Exodus 10:1)_ 2. Pharaoh's renewed confession and refusal (Exodus 10:16) 3. The ninth plague: darkness (Exodus 10:21) 4. Ph...
EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J...
9°. THE PALPABLE DARKNESS (Exodus 10:21 E. Exodus 10:24 J, Exodus 10:27 E, Exodus 10:28 f. J). The wonder again lay in the coincidence, t
_but_, &c. What is here described is evidently miraculous: but it is said that the sand-clouds of the _Ḥamsîn_(see below) sometimes travel in streaks, so that parts of the country may escape them. Th...
The _ninth_plague. The darkness. From E and J....
Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5 _The first nine Plagues_ The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria...
DISCOURSE: 74 DISTINGUISHING PRIVILEGES OF THE LORD’S PEOPLE Exodus 10:23._ But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings._ OF all the plagues which in rapid succession were inflicted u...
BUT ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD LIGHT IN THEIR DWELLINGS— In the midst of every punishment, Jehovah distinguished the Israelites: thus giving ample and constant conviction to the Egyptians, that he...
The Text of EXODUS TRANSLATION 10 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Go in unto Pha-raoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servant, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,...
_THEY SAW NOT ONE ANOTHER, NEITHER ROSE ANY FROM HIS PLACE FOR THREE DAYS: BUT ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD LIGHT IN THEIR DWELLINGS._ Neither rose any from his place - literally, 'they did not ris...
THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES 1-20. The Eighth Plague:—Locusts....
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 10 *PLAGUE NUMBER 8: *LOCUSTS – VERSES 1-20 MOSES WARNS *PHARAOH AGAI...
THE NINTH PLAGUE. (21-23) The ninth plague, like the third and sixth, was sent without any previous warning. It consisted in a “thick darkness,” which may have been brought about by means of the _Kham...
THEY SAW NOT ONE ANOTHER. — Heb., _man did not see his brother._ The darkness was absolute, equal to that of the darkest night. NEITHER ROSE ANY FROM HIS PLACE. — Comp. Exodus 16:29. No one quitted hi...
לֹֽא ־רָא֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת ־אָחִ֗יו וְ לֹא
THE NINTH PLAGUE. Exodus 10:21. We have taken it as settled that the Pharaoh of the Exodus was Menephtah, the Beloved of the God Ptah. If so, his devotion to the gods throws a curious light upon his...
THE PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS AND OF DARKNESS Exodus 10:12 The locust is the most terrible plague of Eastern lands. The heat intense; the air languid; the sound as of a strong breeze; the sun darkened by a...
It would seem at this point that Moses himself was overawed by the fearful process of judgment and so before the next plague God announced to His servant a new reason for the whole movement. It was in...
Reader, pause again to remark the sweet tokens of distinguishing grace: but do not overlook the spiritual sense in the historical. How horrible soever natural darkness when capable of being felt may b...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
THEY SAW NOT ONE ANOTHER,.... Not only the luminaries of heaven were covered and beclouded with the darkness, so that they were of no use to them; but the fogs and vapours which occasioned it were so...
_They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings._ Ver. 23. _They saw not one another._] That they might know the...
_Neither rose any from his place_ This circumstance is one of the lively strokes in description which critics call _picturesque:_ it strongly paints the horror and dismay which this palpable darkness...
1 God threatneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moued by his seruants, inclineth to let the Israelites goe. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague of darkenesse. 24 P...
I. THE DARKNESS Exodus 10:21-29 21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thine [thy] hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness _which_ may be felt. 22And...
PLAGUE NO.8 -- LOCUSTS (vs.1-20) Again the Lord reminds Moses that He Himself had hardened Pharaoh's heart and the hearts of his servants in order that He might publicly show His signs before them,...
21-29 The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt was a dreadful plague. It was darkness which might be felt, so thick were the fogs. It astonished and terrified. It continued three days; six nights in...
THEY SAW NOT ONE ANOTHER, because these gross and moist fogs and vapours did not only quite shut out the light of the heavenly bodies, but also put out their candles, or other artificial lights, or at...
Exodus 10:23 see H7200 (H8804) one H376 another H251 anyone H376 rise H6965 (H8804) three H7969 days...
THE NINTH PLAGUE - THE PLAGUE OF THICK DARKNESS (EXODUS 10:21). As with the third and sixth plagues this one comes without introduction or warning, like a second hammer blow following a first or like...
CONTENTS: Plagues of locusts and darkness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: God's terms of reconcilliation are fixed and cannot be disputed or lowered. Men must meet the demand of...
Exodus 10:2. _In the ears of thy son._ The Hebrew prophets in their sermons, and the psalmists in their songs, have recorded those wonderful works of the Lord; and the doctrines and inferences fairly...
_Darkness over the land of Egypt._ LESSONS 1. God falls upon sinners without warning where they deal falsely with Him. 2. The same signal God may command for several uses. 3. God’s word determines...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 10:21. Darkness which may be felt] Fürst takes the Heb. to mean: “to grope about in the dark.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 10:21_ THE PLAGUE OF DARKNESS; OR,...
EXPOSITION THE NINTH PLAGUE. The ninth plague, like the third and the sixth, was inflicted without special warning. God had announced, after the plague of boils, that he was about to "send all his pla...
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of th...
but all Exodus 8:22 Exodus 9:4 Exodus 9:26 Exodus 14:20 Joshua 24:7...
But the children of Israel had light in their dwellings — Not only in the land of Goshen, where most of them inhabited, but in the particular dwellings which in other places the Israelites had dispers...