Exodus 10:21

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And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.

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  • Ps 105:28 : 28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.
  • Exod 9:22 : 22 And the Lord said to Moses, Now let your hand be stretched out to heaven so that there may be an ice-storm on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 28:29 : 29 You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.
  • Ps 35:6 : 6 Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.
  • Ps 78:49 : 49 He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.
  • Eccl 6:4 : 4 In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.
  • Isa 8:21-22 : 21 And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high; 22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
  • Mark 15:33 : 33 And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
  • Luke 23:44 : 44 And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
  • 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
  • Rev 16:10-11 : 10 And the fifth let what was in his vessel come out on the high seat of the beast; and his kingdom was made dark; and they were biting their tongues for pain. 11 And they said evil things against the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds; and they were not turned from their evil works.

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  • Exod 10:22-23
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    22 And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;

    23 They were not able to see one another, and no one got up from his place for three days: but where the children of Israel were living it was light.

  • Exod 10:20
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    20 But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

  • Exod 9:22-23
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    22 And the Lord said to Moses, Now let your hand be stretched out to heaven so that there may be an ice-storm on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.

    23 And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 20:21
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    21 And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

  • Exod 10:12-13
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    12 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the land of Egypt so that the locusts may come up on the land for the destruction of every green plant in the land, even everything untouched by the ice-storm.

    13 And Moses' rod was stretched out over the land of Egypt, and the Lord sent an east wind over the land all that day and all the night; and in the morning the locusts came up with the east wind.

  • Ps 105:28
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    28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.

  • Job 10:22
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    22 A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

  • Exod 14:20-21
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    20 And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.

    21 And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.

  • Exod 11:9-10
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    9 And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.

    10 All these wonders Moses and Aaron did before Pharaoh: but the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

  • Josh 24:7
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    7 And at their cry, the Lord made it dark between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea go over them, covering them with its waters; your eyes have seen what I did in Egypt: then for a long time you were living in the waste land.

  • Exod 10:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have made his heart and the hearts of his servants hard, so that I may let my signs be seen among them:

  • Exod 9:8
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    8 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take in your hand a little dust from the fire and let Moses send it in a shower up to heaven before the eyes of Pharaoh.

  • Exod 4:21
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    21 And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.

  • Exod 3:20
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    20 But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.

  • Exod 9:33
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    33 So Moses went out of the town, and stretching out his hands made prayer to God: and the thunders and the ice-storm came to an end; and the fall of rain was stopped.

  • Exod 14:26-27
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    26 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the sea, and the waters will come back again on the Egyptians, and on their war-carriages and on their horsemen.

    27 And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

  • Exod 11:4
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    4 And Moses said, This is what the Lord says: About the middle of the night I will go out through Egypt:

  • Job 3:5
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    5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

  • Exod 10:15
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    15 For all the face of the earth was covered with them, so that the land was black; and every green plant and all the fruit of the trees which was untouched by the ice-storm they took for food: not one green thing, no plant or tree, was to be seen in all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 9:12
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    12 And the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

  • Exod 9:35
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    35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not let the people go, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Moses.

  • Exod 6:10
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    10 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Ezek 32:8
    70%

    8 All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.

  • Job 22:11
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    11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

  • Exod 7:4-5
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    4 But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.

    5 And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when my hand is stretched out over Egypt, and I take the children of Israel out from among them.

  • Exod 8:19
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    19 Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

  • Exod 9:10
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    10 So they took some dust from the fire, and placing themselves before Pharaoh, Moses sent it out in a shower up to heaven; and it became a skin-disease bursting out on man and on beast.

  • Num 14:13
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    13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Exod 14:16
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    16 And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.

  • Exod 11:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.

  • Exod 3:10
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    10 Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

  • Deut 34:12
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    12 And in all the acts of power and fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Exod 10:27
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    27 But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

  • Exod 9:18
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    18 Truly, tomorrow about this time I will send down an ice-storm, such as never was in Egypt from its earliest days till now.

  • Amos 5:20
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    20 Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?

  • Exod 14:8
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    8 And the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard, and he went after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel had gone out without fear.

  • Deut 4:11
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    11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

  • Ps 139:11
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    11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

  • Exod 9:15
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    15 For if I had put the full weight of my hand on you and your people, you would have been cut off from the earth: