Acts 7
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Acts 7:40-43

401sayingG3004 to AaronG2, ‘MakeG4160 us 2a 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.’ 413At that timeG2250 4they madeG3447 aG3447 5calfG3447 and broughtG321 a sacrificeG2378 to the idolG1497, and were rejoicingG2165 in 6the worksG2041 of their handsG5495. 42But GodG2316 7turnedG4762 awayG4762 and gaveG3860 them overG3860 to 8serveG3000 the heavenlyG3772 9lightsG4756; as it is writtenG1125 in the bookG976 of the prophetsG4396: ‘10You did not offerG4374 Me victimsG4968 and sacrificesG2378 11for fortyG5065 yearsG2094 in the wildernessG2048, did you, houseG3624 of IsraelG2474? 4312You alsoG2532 tookG353 alongG353 the tabernacleG4633 of MolochG3434 and the starG798 of your godG2316 13RomphaG4501, the imagesG5179 whichG3739 you madeG4160 to worshipG4352. I alsoG2532 will deportG3351 you beyondG1900 BabylonG897.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 7:40 Ex 32:1, 23 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 7:40 Lit gods, plural, but prob. refers to a singular deity ↩
  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 Lit host ↩
  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, Rempham, Raiphan; or Rephan ↩

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