Bible verse
He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
Psalm 81:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 81.
1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
KJV
This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not.
ASV
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not.
ERV
He appointed it in Joseph for testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I knew not.
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