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Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."
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An Attack on Egypt's Gods
Commentators explain this plague was a direct theological challenge. By extinguishing the sun, God demonstrated His absolute power over Ra, the chief sun-god of the Egyptians. For the Egyptians, this terrifying darkness would have felt like their primary deity was defeated and the forces of chaos had triumphed, showing that Jehovah alone is God.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Darkness - This infliction was specially calculated to affect the spirits of the Egyptians, whose chief object of worship was the Sun-god. I…
19th Century
Anglican
THE NINTH PLAGUE.
The ninth plague, like the third and sixth, was sent without any previous warning. It consisted in a …
16th Century
Protestant
And the Lord said to Moses. God here inflicts the punishment without announcing it beforehand; because Pharaoh had deceitfully broken his …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to Moses About the eleventh day of the month Abib: stretch out your hand toward heaven…
The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt was a dreadful plague. It was a darkness that could be felt, so thick were the fogs. It astonished and te…
