Exodus Chapter 10 verse 23 Holy Bible
they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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They didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
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they have not seen one another, and none hath risen from his place three days; and to all the sons of Israel there hath been light in their dwellings.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - They saw not one another. Or, "Man did not see his brother." The descriptive phrases previously used are poetic, and might imply many different degrees of obscurity. This seems distinctly to shew that pitch darkness is meant. Such absolute obscurity is far beyond anything which the khamsin produces, even when it is most severe, and indicates the miraculous character of the visitation. Neither rose any from his place for three days. It is not meant that no one moved about his house, but that no one quitted it. (Compare Exodus 16:29, where the phrase used is similar.) No one went out into the unnatural darkness out of doors, which he dreaded. All stayed at home, and did what they had to do by the artificial light of lamps or torches. All the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. It is not explained how this was effected. Some suppose that the sand-storm did not extend to the land of Goshen. But in that case, such Egyptians as lived among the Israelites - their neighbours. (Exodus 11:2) - would have shared the benefit, which seems not to have been the case. I should rather suppose that the storm was general, and that the Israelites were supplied with a light, not that of the sun, by miracle.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) They saw not one another.--Heb., man did not see his brother. The darkness was absolute, equal to that of the darkest night.Neither rose any from his place.--Comp. Exodus 16:29. No one quitted his house. Mr. Millington imagines that they all sat "glued to their seats" (Plagues of Egypt, p. 159), but this savours of over-literalism. It is not necessary to suppose that they had no artificial light, or that they ceased to move from chamber to chamber. What the writer intends to note is that all business and all intercourse with neighbours was suspended. No one quitted the house in which he was when the darkness began.All the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.--The visitation, whatever it was, did not extend to the land of Goshen. (Comp. Exodus 8:22-24; Exodus 9:4-7; Exodus 9:26.)
