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Exodus 10:23

Exodus 10:23
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Moses said, thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings,.... Sheep, rams, and goats for sacrifices, and oxen for burnt offerings; and that of his own, as Jarchi interprets it; but rather…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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 vapors would prevent lamps, etc., from burning,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 10:21-29

Here is, I. The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt, and a most dreadful plague it was, and therefore is put first of the ten in Psa 105:28, though it was one of the last; and in the destruction of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

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.

The…