Exodus 10:22
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And Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven: and there came horrible darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

thick darkness

Exodus 20:21 And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

Deuteronomy 4:11 And you came to the foot of the mount, which burned even unto heaven: and there was darkness, and a cloud and obscurity in it.

Deuteronomy 5:22 These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me.

Psalm 105:28 He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.

Joel 2:2,31 A day of darkness, and of gloominess, a day of clouds and whirlwinds: a numerous and strong people as the morning spread upon the mountains: the like to it hath not been from the beginning, nor shall be after it, even to the years of generation and generation. . . .

Amos 4:13 For behold he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind, and declareth his word to man, he that maketh the morning mist, and walketh upon the high places of the earth: the Lord the God of hosts is his name.

Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast. And his kingdom became dark: and they gnawed their tongues for pain.

Context
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch out thy hand towards heaven: and may there be darkness upon the land of Egypt so thick that it may be felt. 22And Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven: and there came horrible darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.23No man saw his brother, nor moved himself out of the place where he was: but wheresoever the children of Israel dwelt, there was light.…
Cross References
Revelation 16:10
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast. And his kingdom became dark: and they gnawed their tongues for pain.

Psalm 105:28
He sent darkness, and made it obscure: and grieved not his words.

Amos 4:7
I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon on city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon: and the piece whereupon I rained not, withered.

Lexicon
So Moses
מֹשֶׁ֛ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

stretched out
וַיֵּ֥ט (way·yêṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

his hand
יָד֖וֹ (yā·ḏōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

toward
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

heaven,
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky

and total
אֲפֵלָ֛ה (’ă·p̄ê·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 653: Duskiness, misfortune, concealment

darkness
חֹֽשֶׁךְ־ (ḥō·šeḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

covered
וַיְהִ֧י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of Egypt
מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

for three
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

days.
יָמִֽים׃ (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day


Additional Translations
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.

And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

And Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness -- thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
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