Psalms 78:51

and smote all the first-born in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

In Context

50He made a path for his anger. He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,

52But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

Exodus 12:12For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments. I am LORD.

Exodus 13:15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to LORD all that opens the womb, being

Psalms 105:27They set among them his signs and wonders in the land of Ham.

Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] fearful things by the Red Sea.

Psalms 136:10to him who smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving kindness [is] forever,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72

Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →

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