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Psalms 78:51

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And he struck down all the firstborn sons in Egypt; the strongest and best of their families in the land of Ham.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes how God killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt as the final plague that convinced Pharaoh to let the Israelites go free.

📚 Historical Context

Psalms 78 is a historical psalm that recounts God's mighty acts in Israel's history, emphasizing His deliverance and the people's forgetfulness. This verse refers to the tenth plague during the Exodus, where God struck down the firstborn of the Egyptians as a final judgment for their harsh oppression of the Israelites, leading to their release from slavery. The term "tabernacles of Ham" poetically alludes to the homes of the Egyptians, as Ham was an ancestor of the Egyptian people according to biblical genealogy in Genesis 10.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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