Psalms 78:51

And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 way for a path to his anger: he spared not their souls from death, and their cattle he shut up in death.

52And he took away his own people as sheep: and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6And the sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.

Exodus 12:12And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.

Exodus 13:15For when Pharao was hardened, and would not let us go, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb of the male sex, and all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.

Psalms 105:27He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.

Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

Psalms 136:10He smote many nations, and slew mighty kings:

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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