Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
This darkness was not merely dark but palpable, felt by the fingers themselves, thick as fog. The Egyptians could not see one another, could not kindle a flame, and were terrified by the horrors of their own consciences and the dreadful sounds around them. Hell itself is utter darkness.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 10:21-29
And Pharaoh said unto him,.... To Moses: get thee from me; be gone from my presence, I have nothing more to say to thee, or do with thee: take heed to thyself; lest mischief befall thee from me, or those about me: see my face no more; neither here nor elsewhere: for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die; this was a...
This was no ordinary gloom but darkness the Egyptians could almost perceive by touch, lasting three days. The Lord struck at the very heart of Egyptian religion, their sun-god, and in a land where clear skies were never marred by clouds. He made a sharp distinction between Goshen and the rest of Egypt.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 10:21-29