Psalm 78:51

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Summary

Psalm 78:51

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

Smote

The chief

Genesis 49:3

Tabernacles

General references

Exodus 4:23

Psalm 136:10

Bible References

Smote

He also struck down all the firstborn in their land,
The first fruits of all their vigor.

He smote the firstborn of Egypt,

Both of man and beast.

To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the Lord.

It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

By faith he

kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

The chief

“Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and the beginning of my strength,

Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

Tabernacles

Israel also came into Egypt;

Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Wonders in the land of Ham

And awesome things by the Red Sea.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

General references

So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.”’”

To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,