Exodus 10:23
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.”
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
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.”
25 But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
- ASV
- they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- They could not see, each man his brother, and no man rose from his place [for] three days. And for all the sons of Israel there was light in their dwellings.
- ÅB
- Den ene kunne ikke se den andre, og ingen torde flytte seg fra sin plass i tre dager; men hos alle Israels barn var det lyst der de bodde.
- OTB
- Ingen kunne se hverandre, og ingen reiste seg fra sitt sted på tre dager. Likevel hadde alle israelittene lys i sine boliger.
- B1930
- Den ene kunde ikke se den andre, og ingen torde flytte sig fra sin plass i tre dager; men hos alle Israels barn var det lyst der de bodde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 8:22
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
Read in contextExodus 9:4
But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
Read in context1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Read in contextJoshua 24:7
So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
Read in contextMalachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Read in contextExodus 9:26
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:13–14
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
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