Exodus 10:21 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.

Exodus 10:21 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt."

Ex 10:21-29. PLAGUE OF DARKNESS.

21-23. 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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Brief Summary: The LORD send plagues of locusts, then the thick darkness in the whole land of Egypt for three days, Moses is cast out from the face of Pharaoh.

Outline
1 God threatens to send locusts
7 Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites go
12 The plague of the locusts
16 Pharaoh asks Moses to entreat the Lord in his behalf
21 The plague of darkness
24 Pharaoh petitions again unto Moses
27 but yet Pharaoh's heart is hardened.

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locusts
thy coast
feast
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darkness
THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND

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the word of the LORD

Ancient People
God, Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron
Egyptians
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Geography
Egypt
the land of Goshen

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