Psalms 78:51

And he smote all the first-born in Egypt; the first of their strength in the tents of Ham;

Leeser Tanakh

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 leveled a path for his anger; he withheld not from death their soul, and their life he surrendered to the pestilence;

52But he caused his own people to depart like flocks, and guided them like a drove in the wilderness.

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Cross References

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

Exodus 12:12And I will pass through the land of Egypt in this night, and I will smite every first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt will I execute judgments: I am the Lord.

Exodus 13:15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh obstinately refused to let us go, that the Lord slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast; therefore do I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my children must I redeem.

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

Psalms 106:22Wonders in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.

Psalms 136:10To him that smote Egypt in their first-born; for to eternity endureth his kindness;

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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