Psalm 78:51 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.

American Standard Version (1901)

And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Common English Bible

God struck down all of Egypt’s oldest males; in Ham’s tents, he struck their pride and joy.

Psalm 78:51 Cross References

Genesis 10:6

And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 49:3

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

Psalm 105:23

Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Psalm 105:27

They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

Psalm 105:36

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, The chief of all their strength.

Psalm 106:22

Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And terrible things by the Red Sea.

Psalm 135:8

Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast.

Psalm 136:10

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: For his mercy endureth for ever:

Exodus 12:12

For I will go through the land of Egypt in that 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 judgements: I am the LORD.

Exodus 13:15

and 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 womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.

Hebrews 11:28

By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.