Acts 7:17-45

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AsG2531 theG3588 timeG5550 drew nearG1448 forG3739 GodG2316 to fulfill His promiseG1860G3670 to AbrahamG11, our peopleG2992 inG1722 EgyptG125 increasedG837 greatly in numberG4129. 18ThenG891G3739 anotherG2087 kingG935, whoG3739 knewG1492 nothingG3756 of JosephG2501, aroseG450 overG1909 EgyptG125. 19HeG3778 exploitedG2686 ourG1473 peopleG1085 and oppressedG2559 ourG1473 fathersG3962, forcingG4160 them to abandonG1570 theirG846 infantsG1025 soG1519G3588 they would dieG3361G2225.

20AtG1722 thatG3739 timeG2540 MosesG3475 was bornG1080, andG2532 he wasG1510 beautifulG791 in the sight of GodG2316.1 For threeG5140 monthsG3376 he was nurturedG397 inG1722 his father’sG3962 houseG3624. 21When heG846 was set outsideG1620, Pharaoh’sG5328 daughterG2364 took himG337G846 andG2532 brought him upG397G846 asG1519 her ownG1438 sonG5207. 22SoG2532 MosesG3475 was educatedG3811 inG1722 allG3956 the wisdomG4678 of the EgyptiansG124 andG1161 wasG1510 powerfulG1415 inG1722 speechG3056 andG2532 actionG2041.

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WhenG5613 Moses was forty yearsG5063 old, he decidedG305G1909G846G3588G2588 to visitG1980 hisG846 brothersG80, theG3588 childrenG5207 of IsraelG2474. 24AndG2532 when he sawG3708 oneG5100 of them being mistreatedG91, Moses went to his defenseG292 andG2532 avengedG4160G1557 him by striking downG3960 theG3588 EgyptianG124 who was oppressingG2669 him. 25He assumedG3543 hisG846 brothersG80 would understandG4920 thatG3754 GodG2316 was using himG1223G846G5495 to deliver themG1325G846G4991, butG1161 they did not.

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TheG3588 nextG1966 dayG2250 he came uponG3708 two Israelites who were fightingG3164, and he tried to reconcile themG4900G846G1519G1515, sayingG2036, ‘MenG435, you areG1510 brothersG80. WhyG2443G5101 are you mistreatingG91 each otherG240?’

27ButG1161 theG3588 man who was abusingG91 his neighborG4139 pushed Moses asideG683G846 and saidG2036, ‘WhoG5101 madeG2525 youG4771 rulerG758 andG2532 judgeG1348 overG1909 usG1473? 28Do youG4771 wantG3361G2309 to kill meG337G1473 asG3739G5158 you killedG337 theG3588 EgyptianG124 yesterdayG5504?’2 29AtG1722 thisG3778 remarkG3056, MosesG3475 fledG5343 toG1722 the landG1093 of MidianG3099, whereG3757 he lived asG1096 a foreignerG3941 and hadG1080 twoG1417 sonsG5207.

30After fortyG5062 yearsG2094 had passedG4137, an angelG32 appearedG3708 toG846 Moses inG1722 the flamesG5395 of a burningG4442 bushG942 inG1722 theG3588 desertG2048 nearG3588 MountG3735 SinaiG4614. 31When MosesG3475 sawG3708 it, he marveled atG2296 theG3588 sightG3705. As heG846 approachedG4334 to lookG2657 more closely, the voiceG5456 of the LordG2962 cameG1096 to him: 32‘IG1473 am theG3588 GodG2316 of yourG4771 fathersG3962, theG3588 GodG2316 of AbrahamG11, IsaacG2464, andG2532 JacobG2384.’3 MosesG3475 trembled with fearG1096G1790 and did not dareG3756G5111 to lookG2657.

33ThenG1161 theG3588 LordG2962 saidG2036 to himG846, ‘Take offG3089G3588G4771G4228 your sandalsG5266, forG1063 theG3588 placeG5117 whereG1909G3739 you are standingG2476 isG1510 holyG40 groundG1093. 34I have indeed seenG3708 theG3588 oppressionG2561 ofG3588 MyG1473 peopleG2992 inG1722 EgyptG125. I have heardG191 theirG846 groaningG4726 andG2532 have come downG2597 to deliverG1807 themG846. NowG3568 comeG1204, I will sendG649 youG4771 back toG1519 EgyptG125.’4

35ThisG3778 MosesG3475, whomG3739 they had rejectedG720 with the wordsG2036, ‘WhoG5101 madeG2525 youG4771 rulerG758 andG2532 judgeG1348?’5 is the oneG3778 whomG3588 GodG2316 sentG649 to be their rulerG758 andG2532 redeemerG3086 throughG4862G5495 the angelG326 whoG3588 appearedG3708 to himG846 inG1722 theG3588 bushG942. 36He led them outG1806G846 and performedG4160 wondersG5059 andG2532 signsG4592 inG1722 the landG1093 of EgyptG125, atG1722 the RedG2063 SeaG2281, andG2532 for fortyG5062 yearsG2094 inG1722 theG3588 wildernessG2048.

37ThisG3778 isG1510 theG3588 same MosesG3475 whoG3588 toldG2036 theG3588 IsraelitesG5207G2474, ‘GodG2316 will raise upG450 for youG4771 a prophetG4396 likeG5613 meG1473 from amongG1537 yourG4771 brothersG80.’7 38He wasG1096 inG1722 theG3588 assemblyG1577 inG1722 theG3588 wildernessG2048 withG3326 theG3588 angelG32 whoG3588 spokeG2980 to himG846 onG1722 MountG3735 SinaiG4614, andG2532 with ourG1473 fathersG3962. And he receivedG1209 livingG2198 wordsG3051 to pass onG1325 to usG1473.8

39But ourG1473 fathersG3962 refusedG2309G3756 toG1096 obeyG5255 him. InsteadG235, they rejectedG683 him andG2532 inG1722 theirG846 heartsG2588 turned backG4762 toG1519 EgyptG125. 40They saidG2036 to AaronG2, ‘MakeG4160 usG1473 godsG2316 whoG3739 will go beforeG4313 usG1473! As forG1063 thisG3778 MosesG3475 whoG3739 led usG1806G1473 out ofG1537 the landG1093 of EgyptG125, we do not knowG3756G1492 whatG5101 has happenedG1096 to himG846.’9

41AtG1722 thatG1565 timeG2250 they made a calfG3447 andG2532 offeredG321 a sacrificeG2378 to theG3588 idolG1497, rejoicingG2165 inG1722 theG3588 worksG2041 ofG3588 theirG846 handsG5495. 42ButG1161 GodG2316 turned awayG4762 from them andG2532 gave them overG3860G846 to the worshipG3000 of theG3588 hostG4756 ofG3588 heavenG3772, asG2531 it is writtenG1125 inG1722 the bookG976 of theG3588 prophetsG4396:

44OurG1473 fathersG3962 had theG3588 tabernacleG4633 of theG3588 TestimonyG3142 withG3588 them inG1722 theG3588 wildernessG2048. It was constructedG4160G846 exactly asG2531 God had directedG1299 MosesG3475, according toG2596 theG3588 patternG5179 he had seenG3708. 45AndG2532 ourG1473 fathersG3962 whoG3739 received itG1237 broughtG1521 it in withG3326 JoshuaG2424 when they dispossessedG2697 theG3588 nationsG1484 GodG2316 drove outG1856 beforeG575G4383G3588 them. It remained untilG2193 theG3588 timeG2250 of DavidG1138,