The writer continues to describe what God did to the Egyptians.

## He leveled a path for his anger ##

AT: "He was so angry that he did everything he could to harm them" or "It was as though his anger was an army and he made a smooth road for it to march on." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## spare them from death ##

"keep them from dying" or "permit them to live"

## the firstborn of their strength ##

"their best and most important males"

## in the tents of Ham ##

"among the families of Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])