Exodus 10:23

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“No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.”

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BSBPD

“No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 10:23 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 7:25And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
  2. Exodus 8:18The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
  3. Exodus 8:19“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  4. Exodus 8:22But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
  5. Exodus 9:4But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
  6. Exodus 9:26The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
  7. Exodus 14:20so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
  8. Joshua 24:7So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
  9. Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
  10. Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
  11. Isaiah 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
  12. Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
  13. Colossians 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
  14. 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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