Psalms 78:51

He smote all the firstborn in Egypt; The first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Noyes 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 made a way for his anger, He spared them not from death, But gave up their lives to the pestilence.

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

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Cross References

Psalms 105:27They showed his signs among them, And his wonders in the land of Ham.

Psalms 106:22Such wonders in the land of Ham. Such terrible things at the Red sea.

Psalms 136:10To him that smote in Egypt their first-born; For his goodness endureth for ever!

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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