Psalms 78:8

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ancestors <01> [as their.]

committed <03559 03820> [set not. Heb. prepared not.]

<07307> [whose.]

Psalms 78:10-37

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amazing <06382> [Marvellous.]

Zoan <06814> [Zoan.]

Zoan, the ancient capital of the Pharaohs, where Moses wrought so many miracles, is rendered by the Chaldee, {Tanium,} LXX. [Tanis,] Vulgate, {Tanis,} and Coptic, {Tan‚,} 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.

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divided <01234> [He divided.]

water <04325> [made.]

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asking ... food <07592 0400> [by asking meat.]

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insulted <01696> [Yea.]

God ... able <03201 0410> [Can God.]

give <06186> [furnish. Heb. order.]

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struck <05221> [he smote.]

can .... give <03201 05414> [can he give.]

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Lord <03068> [the Lord.]

fire <0784> [a fire.]

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command <06680> [Though.]

opened <06605> [opened.]

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rained <04305> [had rained.]

grain ... heaven <08064 01715> [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 notes on Ex 16:22, 31.

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Man <0376> [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.

sent <07971> [he sent.]

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east wind <06921> [He caused.]

brought <05265> [blow. Heb. go.]

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rained down <04305> [He rained.]

birds <05775 03671> [feathered fowls. Heb. fowl of wing.]

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gave <0935> [for he gave.]

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food <0400> [But.]

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knees <03766> [smote down. Heb. made to bow. chosen men. or, young men.]

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sin <02398> [they sinned.]

trust <0539> [believed.]

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unsatisfied <03117> [days.]

terror <08141> [years.]

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remembered <02142> [remembered.]

God .... protector ...... God <0410 0430 06697> [God was.]

sovereign <05945> [the high.]

{Ail ‚lyon go„lom,} "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.

deliverer <01350> [their redeemer.]

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deceived <06601> [Nevertheless.]

lied <03576> [lied.]

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<03820> [their heart.]

unfaithful <0539> [stedfast.]

Hosea 7:16

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turn <07725> [return.]

unreliable <07423> [like.]

angry <02195> [the rage.]

So <02097> [this.]