Psalms 78:51

He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

Majority Standard Bible

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 cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

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Cross References

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

Exodus 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

Exodus 13:15And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

Psalms 105:27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

Psalms 136:10He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures 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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