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Psalms 81:5

He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

In Context

4For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

6“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:12For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. I will execute judgements against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

Exodus 12:29At midnight, the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.

Exodus 13:14It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose language you will not understand,

Psalms 78:6that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

Psalms 114:1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8

An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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