King James Version
Psalms 78:67 in the King James Version says “Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:”
Psalms 78:67 · KJV
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
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:
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. established: Heb. founded
KJV Study — Public Domain
“not the tribe”
H7626a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
“of Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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