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 might appear to be different from that, and be much grosser.
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 might appear to be different from that, and be much grosser.