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51And smote{H8686)} all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
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Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 40-72)The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last. Let not those that receive mercy from God be thereby emboldened to sin, for the mercies they receive will aggravate their sin and hast…
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