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Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.
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God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.
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to rule the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
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As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.
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The Ninth Plague: Darkness
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt.”
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So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.
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It came between the Egyptian and Israelite forces. There was cloud and darkness, it lit up the night, and neither group came near the other all night long.
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And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the total darkness where God was.
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The People’s Response
“The Lord spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and total darkness on the mountain; he added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
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All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.
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Your ancestors cried out to the Lord, so he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea over them, engulfing them. Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After that, you lived in the wilderness a long time.
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He guards the steps of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.
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He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet.
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He made darkness a canopy around him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
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Lord, you are my lamp; the Lord illuminates my darkness.
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Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in total darkness.
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Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple
Then Solomon said: The Lord said he would dwell in total darkness,
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If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it, or light shine on it.
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May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it. May what darkens the day terrify it.
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If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.
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They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at noon as if it were night.
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before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.
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It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness.”
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Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
