Exodus 10:23

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

Nemo vidit fratrem suum, nec movit se de loco in quo erat: ubicumque autem habitabant filii Israël, lux erat.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Exodus 10:21–29

The ninth plague was the plague of darkness (10:21). The chief god of Egypt through the centuries, who appeared under several different names, was the sun. At this time, he was known as Amon-Re. He was supreme over all the other gods and was considered to be the ultimate source of life. The Lord showed that the sun’s light is completely under his control. God could shut it off from Egypt proper, while leaving it to shine in Goshen in the northeast part of the country (10:23; see study note on 9:1–7).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh Darkness and Light The Plagues

Events

Exodus from Egypt

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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.
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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.
Isaiah 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.
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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.’”
Exodus 9:26
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
Joshua 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.
Exodus 14:20
…so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
Malachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Colossians 1:13
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
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Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
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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.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Darkness Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Light Numbers and Numerology Plague Plagues upon Egypt

Topics

Darkness: Effects of Keeps Us from Seeing Objects God: Preserver in Exempting the Land of Goshen from the Plague of Darkness Hypocrisy: Pharaoh Intercession: Answered for the plague of darkness Israel: Exempt from the Plagues Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: Phenomena of The Plague of Darkness Plague: Darkness Plagues Sun: Miracles Concerning: Darkening of

Exodus 10:23

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