When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Parallel translations
- WEB When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
- KJV When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
- NKJV When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
- NASB When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of a foreign language,
- NLT When the Israelites escaped from Egypt— when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—
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Quick answer
When Israel left Egypt, departing from a people of foreign tongue, God's redemptive act is recalled. The exodus is the great memory of God's deliverance.
Overview
Psalm 114 is a vivid poetic celebration of the exodus, part of the Passover Hallel. It opens by recalling Israel's departure from Egypt, the foundational redemption of the Old Testament. This deliverance prefigures the greater exodus Christ accomplishes, redeeming His people from bondage to sin (Luke 9:31, where Jesus' 'departure' is literally His 'exodus').
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Exod 13:3So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
- Exod 12:41–42At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
- Gen 42:23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
- Ps 81:5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
- Deut 16:1Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
- Isa 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
- Exod 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deut 26:8Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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