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Psalms 78:67

78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

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Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,

Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

What does Psalms 78:67 mean?

Psalms 78:67 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מָאַס (mâʼaç), אֹהֶל (ʼôhel), יוֹסֵף (Yôwçêph).

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Moreover
he
refusedמָאַסmâʼaç/maw-as'/H3988to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
the
tabernacleאֹהֶלʼôhel/o'-hel/H168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
of
Joseph,יוֹסֵףYôwçêph/yo-safe'/H3130Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
and
choseבָּחַרbâchar/baw-khar'/H977properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
not
the
tribeשֵׁבֶטshêbeṭ/shay'-bet/H7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
of
Ephraim:אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayim/ef-rah'-yim/H669Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:67.

Deuteronomy 12:14

But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Deuteronomy 18:5

For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

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What does Psalms 78:67 say?

Psalms 78:67 (King James Version) reads: "Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:"

Is Psalms 78:67 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:67 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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