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Ps 105:36	King James	He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
the chief--literally, "the firstlings." The ascending climax passes from the food of man to man himself. The language here is quoted from Psa 78:51.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

the chief--literally, "the firstlings." The ascending climax passes from the food of man to man himself. The language here is quoted from Psa 78:51.

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⁵¹ And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: