21Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness will spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
22So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. 23No one could see each other, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
24Then 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.”
25But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God. 26Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
29“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
There was no warning for this plague.
A palpable darkness, a darkness so dark that it could be felt.
“Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.” It would appear the Egyptians did not.
“Let us dread the consequences of sin; if three days of darkness were so dreadful, what will everlasting darkness be?” Matthew Henry
“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
Pharaoh gives Moses a warning!
Is it a wonder what happens next?
The final plague of the firstborn is coming!
Blessings, David
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