Chapter 78

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Ps 49:1-3, Ps 51:4; Judg 5:3; Prov 8:4-6; Isa 51:4, Isa 55:3; Matt 13:9


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I will Ps 49:4; Matt 13:13, Matt 13:34-35

dark sayings Prov 1:6; Matt 13:11-13; Mark 4:34


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Ps 44:1, Ps 48:8; Exod 12:26-27, Exod 13:8, Exod 13:14-15


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We will Ps 145:4-6; Deut 4:9, Deut 6:7; Joel 1:3

showing Ps 71:18; Deut 11:19; Josh 4:6-7, Josh 4:21-24

praises Ps 9:14, Ps 10:1-5, Ps 145:5-6; Isa 63:7-19


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For he Ps 81:5, Ps 119:152, Ps 147:19; Deut 4:45, Deut 6:7, Deut 11:19; Isa 8:20; Rom 3:2; 1John 5:9-12

testimony The word testimony is used for the ark, and for the law, written on tables of stone, put within the ark, and covered with the mercy seat. This testified the Lord's gracious presence with his people, and seemed to point out to them both the way of access and acceptance, and the standard or rule of their duty. Exod 25:16, Exod 25:21, Exod 40:3, Exod 40:20

that they Ps 78:3-4; Gen 18:19; Isa 38:19; Eph 6:4


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That Ps 48:13, Ps 71:18, Ps 102:18, Ps 145:4; Esth 9:28

who Ps 90:16; Deut 4:10; Josh 22:24-25; Joel 1:3


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set Ps 40:4, Ps 62:5, Ps 91:14, Ps 130:6-7, Ps 146:5; Jer 17:7-8; 1Pet 1:21

not forget Ps 77:10-12, Ps 103:2, Ps 105:5; Exod 12:24-27; Deut 4:9, Deut 7:18-19, Deut 8:2, Deut 8:11; Esth 9:27-28; 1Cor 11:24

keep Deut 5:29; John 14:21-24; 1John 3:22-24, 1John 5:3; Rev 14:12


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as their Ps 68:6, Ps 106:7; Exod 32:9, Exod 33:3, Exod 33:5, Exod 34:9; Deut 9:6, Deut 9:13, Deut 31:27; 2Kgs 17:14; Ezek 2:3-8, Ezek 20:8, Ezek 20:18; Matt 23:31-33; Acts 7:51

set not Heb. prepared not, Ps 78:37; 2Chr 12:14, 2Chr 19:3, 2Chr 20:33, 2Chr 30:19

whose Ps 78:37; Deut 4:4; Josh 14:8-9; Acts 11:23


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The children Some think this refers to a defeat of the Ephraimites mentioned in 1Chr 7:20-22; but it probably refers to the conduct and defeat of the ten tribes of which Ephraim was the head. Nothing is recorded in the history of Israel concerning the cowardice of the Ephraimites, as distinct from that of the other tribes. Some therefore think, "that the children of Ephraim" is put by a figure of speech for the nation in general. Deut 1:41-44; Josh 17:16-18; 1Sam 4:10, 1Sam 31:1

carrying Heb. throwing forth

turned Judg 9:28, Judg 9:38-40; Luke 22:33


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Deut 31:16, Deut 31:20; Judg 2:10-12; 2Kgs 17:14-15; Neh 9:26-29; Jer 31:32


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Ps 78:7, Ps 106:13, Ps 106:21-22; Deut 32:18; Jer 2:32


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Marvellous Ps 78:42-50, Ps 105:27-38, Ps 135:9; Exod. 7:1-12:51; Deut 4:34, Deut 6:22; Neh 9:10

Zoan Zoan, the ancient capital of the Pharaohs, where Moses wrought so many miracles, is rendered by the Chaldee, Tanium, LXX Τανις, Vulgate, Tanis, and Coptic, Tane, from the Coptic, ten, plain, flat, level; being situated in the low ground of the Delta, on one of the eastern branches of the Nile, bearing its own name, near a large lake, now called the lake of Menzala, 44 miles west of Pelusium, and 169 miles east of Alexandria, according to the Antonine Itinerary, and three miles from the Mediterranean, according to the Geograph. Nubiens. Clim. 3, par. 3. There are ruins still remaining to mark the site of Zoan, or Tanis, called San by the Arabs; comprising broken obelisks, capitals of the Corinthian order, a granite monument, etc. Ps 78:43; Gen 32:3; Num 13:22; Isa 19:11, Isa 19:13; Ezek 30:14


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He divided Ps 66:6, Ps 106:9-10, Ps 136:13-15; Exod. 14:1-15:27; Isa 63:13; 1Cor 10:2-3

made Ps 38:7; Josh 3:16; Hab 3:15


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Ps 105:39; Exod 13:21-22, Exod 14:24, Exod 40:35-38; Neh 9:12, Neh 9:19


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Ps 105:41, Ps 114:8; Exod 17:6; Num 20:11; Isa 41:18, Isa 43:20; John 7:37-38; 1Cor 10:4; Rev 22:1, Rev 22:17


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Ps 105:41; Deut 8:15, Deut 9:21


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Ps 78:32, Ps 95:8-10, Ps 106:13-32; Deut 9:8, Deut 9:12-22; Heb 3:16-19


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by asking meat Ps 106:14-15; Exod 16:2-3; Num 11:4; 1Cor 10:6; Jas 4:2-3


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Yea Exod 16:8-10; Num 21:5; 2Chr 32:19; Job 34:37; Rom 9:20; Rev 13:6

Can God Num 11:4, Num 11:13

furnish Heb. order


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he smote Exod 17:6-7; Num 20:11

can he give Ps 78:41; Gen 18:12-14; Num 11:21-23


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the Lord Ps 78:31; Num 11:10; 1Cor 10:5, 1Cor 10:11; Jude 1:5

a fire Num 11:1-3; Deut 32:22; Heb 12:29


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Ps 106:24; Isa 7:9; Heb 3:12, Heb 3:18-19, Heb 11:6; 1John 5:10; Jude 1:5


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Though Ps 33:9; Isa 5:6

opened Gen 7:11; 2Kgs 7:2, 2Kgs 7:19; Mal 3:10


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had rained Ps 68:9, Ps 105:40; Exod 16:4, Exod 16:14; Deut 8:3; Neh 9:15, Neh 9:20; John 6:31-71; 1Cor 10:3

the corn of heaven The manna fell about their camp in the form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds, it was not improperly termed degan shamayim, the corn of heaven or heavenly grain. See note on Exod 16:22, and see note on Ps 78:31.


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Man etc. Or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty. Lechem abbeerim, "bread of the mighty" - they ate such food as could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great - the best, the most delicate food. Or, it might be so called because it rendered the people healthy and vigorous, and fit for their marches. Ps 103:20

he sent Exod 16:8; Matt 14:20, Matt 15:37


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He caused Ps 135:7; Num 11:31

blow Heb. go


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He rained Exod 16:12-13; Num 11:18-19, Num 11:32

feathered fowls Heb. fowl of wing


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for he gave Ps 106:15; Num 11:20


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But Num 11:33-34, Num 22:20-22; Prov 1:32; Luke 16:19-23


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smote down Heb. made to bow

chosen men or, young men, Ps 78:63


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they sinned Num 14:1-45, 16:1-17:13, Num 21:1-6, Num 25:1-18; Ezek 20:13

believed Ps 78:22; Luke 16:31; John 12:37


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days Ps 90:7-9; Num 14:29, Num 14:35, Num 26:64-65; Deut 2:14-16

years Gen 3:16-19; Job 5:6-7, Job 14:1; Eccl 1:2, Eccl 1:13-14, Eccl 12:8, Eccl 12:13-14


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Num 21:7; Judg 3:8-9, Judg 3:12-15, Judg 4:3, Judg 10:7-10; Isa 26:6; Jer 22:23; Hos 5:15, Hos 7:14


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remembered Ps 78:7, Ps 78:11, Ps 78:42, Ps 106:13, Ps 106:21

God was Deut 32:4, Deut 32:15, Deut 32:30-31

the high Ail elyon goalom, "the strong God, the Most High, their redeemer," or kinsman. That one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance, as the word originally means; and hence is used for a redeemer; and here denotes Him who redeemed them from Egyptian bondage.

their redeemer Exod 6:6, Exod 15:13; Deut 7:8, Deut 15:15; Isa 41:14, Isa 44:6, Isa 48:17, Isa 63:8-9; Titus 2:14


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Nevertheless Ps 106:12-13; Deut 5:28-29; Isa 29:13; Ezek 33:31; Hos 11:12

lied Ps 18:44 *marg.


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their heart Ps 119:80; Hos 7:14, Hos 7:16, Hos 10:2; Acts 8:21

stedfast Ps 78:8, Ps 44:17-18; Deut 31:20; Hos 8:1


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But he Ps 106:43-45; Exod 34:6-9; Num 14:18-20, Num 16:44-48; Isa 44:21-22

many Isa 48:9; Ezek 20:8-9, Ezek 20:13-14, Ezek 20:17, Ezek 20:21-22

did not 2Kgs 21:20


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For he Ps 103:14-16; Gen 6:3; John 3:6

a wind Or, as the Hebrew rooach holaich welo yashoov may be rendered, "the spirit goeth away and returneth not again." To this purpose the Arabic, "He remembered that they were flesh; and a spirit which when it departs, returneth not again." The human being is composed of flesh and spirit, or body and soul: these are easily separated, and when separated, the body turns to dust, and the spirit returns no more to animate the body in a state of probation. Job 7:7, Job 7:16; Jas 4:14


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How oft Ps 78:17, Ps 95:8-10, Ps 106:14-33; Num 14:11; Deut 9:21-22

provoke him or, rebel against him

grieve Isa 7:13, Isa 63:10; Eph 4:30; Heb 3:15-17


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Yea Num 14:4, Num 14:22; Deut 6:16; Acts 7:39; Heb 3:8-11; 2Pet 2:21-22

limited Ps 78:19-20; Mark 5:35-36


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remembered Ps 78:11, Ps 78:21-22, Ps 136:10-15; Exod 13:9; Isa 11:11; Jer 32:21

the day Ps 106:7-10; Exod 14:12, Exod 14:30-31

the enemy or, affliction


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How Ps 105:27-38, Ps 135:9; Exod 3:19-20; Deut 4:34, Deut 6:22; Neh 9:10

wrought Heb. set

wonders Ps 78:12


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Ps 105:29; Exod 7:17-21; Rev 16:3-6; The miracles mentioned in this and the four subsequent verses, evidently shew the power of God over the elements of nature, which at that time were the objects of Egyptian worship.


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sent Ps 105:31; Exod 8:21-24

frogs Ps 105:30; Exod 8:2-15; Rev 16:3


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gave also Ps 105:34-35; Exod 10:12-15; Joel 1:4-7, Joel 2:25; Amos 7:1-2; Rev 9:2-11

the caterpillar Chosal, from chasal, to consume, eat up, is rendered βρουξοϚ or βρουχος by the LXX, in 2Chr 6:28, and Aquila here, and also the Vulgate in Chron. and Isa 33:4 and Jerome here, bruchus, the chaffer, which every one knows to be a great devourer of the leaves of trees. The Syriac in Joel 1:4; Joel 2:25, renders it tzartzooro, which Michaelis, from the Arabic tzartzar, a cricket, interprets the mole-cricket, which in its grub state is also very destructive to corn, grass, and other vegetables, by cankering the roots on which it feeds.


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destroyed or, killed

with hail Ps 105:32-33; Exod 9:18-34

sycamore From the value of the sycamore in furnishing wood for various uses, from the grateful shade which its wide spreading branches afforded, and on account of the fruit, which Mr. Maillet says the Egyptians hold in the highest estimation, we may conceive somewhat of the loss they sustained when "their vines were destroyed with hail; and their sycamore trees with frost." See note on 1Chr 27:28.

frost or, great hailstones


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gave up Heb. shut up

hot thunderbolts or, lightnings, Exod 9:28


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cast Ps 11:6; Job 20:23; Isa 42:25; Lam 4:11; Zeph 3:8; Rom 2:8-9

by sending 1Kgs 22:21-22; Job 1:12, Job 2:6-7


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made way Heb. weighed a path

he spared Job 27:22; Ezek 5:11, Ezek 7:4, Ezek 7:9, Ezek 8:18, Ezek 9:10; Rom 8:32; 2Pet 2:4-5

life over to the pestilence or, beasts to the murrain, Exod 9:3-6


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smote Ps 105:36, Ps 135:8, Ps 136:10; Exod 12:12, Exod 12:29-30, Exod 13:15; Heb 11:28

the chief Gen 49:3

tabernacles Ps 105:23, Ps 106:22; Gen 9:22-25, Gen 10:6


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But Ps 77:20, Ps 105:37; Neh 9:12; Isa 63:11-14

like a Ps 95:7, Ps 100:3; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:2-4; Ezek 34:11-31; Luke 15:4-6; John 10:11-42


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so that Exod 14:15, Exod 14:19-20; Heb 11:29

but Ps 136:15; Exod 14:27-28, Exod 15:10

overwhelmed Heb. covered


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And he Exod 15:13, Exod 15:17; Dan 9:16-20, Dan 11:45

his right Ps 44:3; Eph 1:14


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cast Ps 44:2, Ps 105:44-45, Ps 135:10-12, Ps 136:18-22; Josh. 6:1-21:45; Neh 9:22-25

divided Num 33:54; Josh 13:7, Josh 19:51

and made Deut 6:10-12


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Ps 78:40-41; Deut 31:16-20, Deut 32:15-21; Judg 2:11-12; 2Kgs 17:7-23; Neh 9:25-26; Ezek 16:15-26


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But Ps 78:41; Judg 3:5-7, Judg 3:12; Ezek 20:27-28

they were Ps 78:8, Ps 78:10-37; Hos 7:16


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their high Lev 26:30; Num 33:52; Deut 12:2, Deut 12:4; Ezek 20:28-29

moved Ps 79:5; Exod 34:14; Deut 32:16-17, Deut 32:21; Judg 2:12, Judg 2:20; Ezek 8:3-5; 1Cor 10:22

with Ps 97:7; Exod 20:4-5; Deut 4:16-25, Deut 27:15; Judg 2:11, Judg 2:17, Judg 10:6; 1Kgs 11:7, 1Kgs 11:10; 1Kgs 12:31; Jer 8:19; Hos 13:2


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God Ps 11:4, Ps 14:2-5; Gen 18:20-21

greatly Ps 106:40; Lev 20:23, Lev 26:44; Lam 2:7; Zech 11:8


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Josh 18:1; 1Sam 1:3, 1Sam 4:4-11; Jer 7:12-14, Jer 26:6-9


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his strength That is, the ark, where his power and glory were displayed. Ps 132:8; Judg 18:30; 1Sam 5:1-2; 2Chr 6:41

glory Ps 24:7; Exod 40:34; 1Sam 4:21-22


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gave 1Sam 4:2, 1Sam 4:10-11, wrought, Ps 89:38; Isa 64:9


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fire Ps 78:21; Deut 29:20, Deut 32:22

maidens Isa 4:1; Jer 7:34, Jer 16:9, Jer 25:10

given to marriage Heb. praised


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priests 1Sam 2:33-34, 1Sam 4:11, 1Sam 4:17, 1Sam 22:18-19

widows 1Sam 4:19-20; Job 27:15; Ezek 24:23


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Then Ps 7:6, Ps 44:23; Isa 51:9

and like Isa 42:13-14


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And he 1Sam 5:6, 1Sam 6:4; Job 40:12

he put Jer 23:40


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1Sam 6:21, 1Sam 7:1; 2Sam 6:2, 2Sam 6:17


68
chose Gen 49:8-10; Ruth 4:17-22; 1Sam 16:1; 2Chr 6:6

mount Ps 87:2, Ps 132:12-14


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And he 1Kgs 6:2, 1Kgs 9:8; 2Chr 3:4

high 1Chr 29:1, 1Chr 29:19; 2Chr 2:9

earth Ps 102:25, Ps 104:5, Ps 119:90-91; 1Sam 2:8; Job 26:7; Isa 48:13, Isa 51:6; Col 1:16-17; Rev 20:11

established Heb. founded


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chose Ps 89:19-20; 1Sam 16:11-12; 2Sam 3:18, 2Sam 6:21; Acts 13:22

and took Exod 3:1, Exod 3:10; 1Sam 17:15-54; 2Sam 7:8; 1Kgs 19:19-20; Amos 7:14-15; Matt 4:18-22


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From following Heb. From after

ewes Gen 33:13; Isa 40:11

brought Ps 75:6-7, Ps 113:7-8; 1Sam 2:7-8; Jer 27:5-6

feed 2Sam 5:2; 1Chr 11:2; Ezek 34:23-24; Mic 5:2-4; Zech 11:4-17; Matt 2:6 *marg. John 21:15-17; 1Pet 5:2


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according Ps 75:2, Ps 101:1-8; 2Sam 8:15; 1Kgs 9:4, 1Kgs 15:5; Isa 11:2-4; Acts 13:22, Acts 13:36

guided 1Kgs 3:6-9, 1Kgs 3:28; Zech 11:15-17; 2Cor 3:5-6; 2Tim 2:15; Jas 1:5


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