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Exd 10:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

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Stretch	Exd 9:22
darkness	As the Egyptians not only worshipped the light and sun, but also paid the same veneration to night and darkness, nothing could be more terrible than this punishment of palpable and coercive darkness, such as their luminary Osiris could not dispel. See Bryant, pp. 141-160. Psa 35:6; Psa 78:49; Psa 105:28; Pro 4:19; Ecc 2:14; Ecc 6:4; Isa 8:21,22; Mat 27:45; Mar 15:33; Luk 23:44; 2Pe 2:4,17; Jud 1:6,13; Rev 16:10,11
even darkness which may be felt	Heb. that one may feel darkness.