John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:21
And the Lord said unto Moses ,.... About the eleventh day of the month Abib: stretch out thine hand toward heaven ; where the luminaries are, and from whence light comes: that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt ; that is, what caused it, the gross vapours and thick fogs; for otherwise darkness itself, being a privation of light, cannot be felt: Onkelos paraphrases it,"after that the darkness of the night is removed;'so Jonathan; that it... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 10:21-29
Here is, I. The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt, and a most dreadful plague it was, and therefore is put first of the ten in Ps. 105:28; though it was one of the last; and in the destruction of the spiritual Egypt it is produced by the fifth vial, which is poured out upon the seat of the beast, Rev. 16:10. His kingdom was full of darkness. Observe particularly concerning this plague, 1. That it was a total darkness. We have reason to think, not only that the lights of heaven were... read more