Psalms 78:51

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

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In Context

50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

52But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Exodus 12:12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

Exodus 13:15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

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

Psalms 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

Psalms 136:10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy 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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