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Exodus 10:22

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20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

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BSB
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
KJV
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
WEB
Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
ASV
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
DARBY
And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:
BLB
And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
ÅB
Så rakte Moses sin hånd opp mot himmelen, og det ble et tykt mørke i hele Egypt i tre dager.
OTB
Så rakte Moses ut hånden mot himmelen, og tykt mørke dekket hele Egyptens land i tre dager.
B1930
Så rakte Moses sin hånd op mot himmelen, og det blev et tykt mørke i hele Egyptens land i tre dager.

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  • Psalms 105:28

    He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.

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  • Revelation 16:10

    And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

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  • Deuteronomy 4:11

    You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

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  • Amos 4:13

    For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

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  • Joel 2:2

    a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

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  • Joel 2:31

    The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:22

    The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

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  • Exodus 20:21

    And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

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