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50 He found a way to show his anger.
    He did not keep them from dying.
    He let them die by a terrible disease.
51 God killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt,
    the oldest son of each family of Ham.[a]
52 But God led out his people like sheep.
    He guided them like a flock through the desert.

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Footnotes

  1. 78:51 Ham The people in Egypt were descendants of Ham, one of Noah’s sons. See Genesis 10:6.

50 He prepared a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death
    but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(A)
    the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(B)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(C)
    he led them like sheep through the wilderness.

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