Acts 7:27-35

27 "But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, '¹WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND JUDGE OVER US?

28 '²YOU DO NOT MEAN TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN YESTERDAY, DO YOU?'

29 "At this remark, ³MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he ⁴became the father of two sons.

30 "After forty years had passed, ⁵AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS OF MOUNT Sinai, IN THE FLAME OF A BURNING THORN BUSH.

31 "When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord:

32 '⁶I AM THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB.' Moses shook with fear and would not venture to look.

33 "⁷BUT THE LORD SAID TO HIM, '⁸TAKE OFF THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND.

34 '⁹I HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN THE OPPRESSION OF MY PEOPLE IN EGYPT AND HAVE HEARD THEIR GROANS, AND I HAVE COME DOWN TO RESCUE THEM; ¹⁰COME NOW, AND I WILL SEND YOU TO EGYPT.'

35 "This Moses whom they ¹¹disowned, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:35
• 2. Exodus 2:14
• 3. Exodus 2:15, 22
• 4. Exodus 18:3, 4
• 5. Exodus 3:1; Isaiah 63:9
• 6. Exodus 3:6; Matthew 22:32
• 7. Exodus 3:5
• 8. Joshua 5:15
• 9. Exodus 3:7
• 10. Exodus 3:10
• 11. Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:27

Footnotes

• [a]. Gr "Madiam"
• [b]. Lit "and now come!"
• [c]. Lit "has sent"
• [d]. Lit "hand"