Acts 7
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Acts 7:39-43

39Our fathersG3962 were unwillingG3756G2309 to be obedientG5255 to him, but 1repudiatedG683 him and in their heartsG2588 turnedG4762 backG4762 to EgyptG125, 402sayingG3004 to AaronG2, ‘MakeG4160 for us godsG2316 whoG3739 will goG4313 beforeG4313 us; for thisG3778 MosesG3475 whoG3739 ledG1806 us out of the landG1093 of EgyptG125--we do not knowG3609 whatG5101 happenedG1096 to him.’ 413At that timeG2250 4they madeG3447 a 5calfG3447 and broughtG321 a sacrificeG2378 to the idolG1497, and were rejoicingG2165 in 6the worksG2041 of their handsG5495. 42But GodG2316 7turnedG4762 awayG4762 and deliveredG3860 them up to 8serveG3000 the 9hostG4756 of heavenG3772; as it is writtenG1125 in the bookG976 of the prophetsG4396, ‘10It was not to Me that you offeredG4374 victimsG4968 and sacrificesG2378 11fortyG5065 yearsG2094 in the wildernessG2048, was it, O houseG3624 of IsraelG2274? 4312You alsoG2532 tookG353 along the tabernacleG4633 of MolochG3434 and the starG798 of the godG2316 13RomphaG4501, the imagesG5179 whichG3739 you madeG4160 to worshipG4352. I alsoG2532 will removeG3351 you beyondG1900 BabylonG897.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 7:39 Num 14:3f ↩
  2. 2. Acts 7:40 Ex 32:1, 23 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 7:41 Lit in those days ↩
  4. 4. Acts 7:41 Ex 32:4, 6 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 7:41 Or young bull ↩
  6. 6. Acts 7:41 Rev 9:20 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 7:42 Josh 24:20; Is 63:10; Jer 19:13; Ezek 20:39 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 7:42 Or worship ↩
  9. 9. Acts 7:42 I.e. heavenly bodies ↩
  10. 10. Acts 7:42 Amos 5:25 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 7:42 Acts 7:36 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:26, 27 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 7:43 Other mss spell it: Romphan, or Rempham, or Raiphan, or Rephan ↩

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