Acts 7
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Acts 7:39-43

39Our fathersG3962 were unwillingG3756G2309 to be obedientG5255 to him; onG235 theG235 contraryG235 they 1rejectedG683 him and turnedG4762 backG4762 to EgyptG125 in their heartsG2588, 402sayingG3004 to AaronG2, ‘MakeG4160 us 3a godG2316 whoG3739 will goG4313 beforeG4313 us; for thisG3778 MosesG3475 whoG3739 ledG1806 us outG1806 of the landG1093 of EgyptG125--we do not knowG3609 whatG5101 happenedG1096 to him.’ 414At that timeG2250 5they madeG3447 aG3447 6calfG3447 and broughtG321 a sacrificeG2378 to the idolG1497, and were rejoicingG2165 in 7the worksG2041 of their handsG5495. 42But GodG2316 8turnedG4762 awayG4762 and gaveG3860 them overG3860 to 9serveG3000 the heavenlyG3772 10lightsG4756; as it is writtenG1125 in the bookG976 of the prophetsG4396: ‘11You did not offerG4374 Me victimsG4968 and sacrificesG2378 12for fortyG5065 yearsG2094 in the wildernessG2048, did you, houseG3624 of IsraelG2474? 4313You alsoG2532 tookG353 alongG353 the tabernacleG4633 of MolochG3434 and the starG798 of your godG2316 14RomphaG4501, the imagesG5179 whichG3739 you madeG4160 to worshipG4352. I alsoG2532 will deportG3351 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 7:40 Lit gods, plural, but prob. refers to a singular deity ↩
  4. 4. Acts 7:41 Lit In those days ↩
  5. 5. Acts 7:41 Ex 32:4, 6 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 7:41 Or young bull ↩
  7. 7. Acts 7:41 Rev 9:20 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 7:42 Josh 24:20; Is 63:10; Jer 19:13; Ezek 20:39 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 7:42 Or worship ↩
  10. 10. Acts 7:42 Lit host ↩
  11. 11. Acts 7:42 Amos 5:25 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 7:42 Acts 7:36 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:26, 27 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 7:43 Other mss spell it: Romphan, Rempham, Raiphan; or Rephan ↩

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