Acts 7:36-43

36 "¹This man led them out, performing ²wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the ³wilderness for forty years.

37 "This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, '⁴GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN.'

38 "This is the one who was in ⁵the congregation in the wilderness together with ⁶the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received ⁷living ⁸oracles to pass on to you.

39 "Our fathers were unwilling * to be obedient to him, but ⁹repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

40 ¹⁰SAYING TO AARON, 'MAKE FOR US GODS WHO WILL GO BEFORE US; FOR THIS MOSES WHO LED US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT -WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM'.

41 "At that time ¹¹they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in ¹²the works of their hands.

42 "But God ¹³turned away and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, '¹⁴IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED VICTIMS AND SACRIFICES ¹⁵FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

43 '¹⁶YOU ALSO TOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF THE GOD ROMPHA, THE IMAGES WHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL REMOVE YOU BEYOND BABYLON.'

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 12:41; Exodus 33:1; Hebrews 8:9
• 2. Exodus 7:3; Exodus 14:21; John 4:48
• 3. Exodus 16:35; Numbers 14:33; Psalms 95:8-10; Acts 7:42; Acts 13:18; Hebrews 3:8
• 4. Deuteronomy 18:15, 18; Acts 3:22
• 5. Exodus 19:17
• 6. Acts 7:53
• 7. Deuteronomy 32:47; Hebrews 4:12
• 8. Romans 3:2; Hebrews 5:12; 1 Peter 4:11
• 9. Numbers 14:3
• 10. Exodus 32:1, 23
• 11. Exodus 32:4, 6
• 12. Revelation 9:20
• 13. Joshua 24:20; Isaiah 63:10; Jeremiah 19:13; Ezekiel 20:39
• 14. Amos 5:25
• 15. Acts 7:36
• 16. Amos 5:26, 27

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "attesting miracles"
• [b]. Or "as" He raised up "me"
• [c]. Gr "ekklesia"
• [d]. Lit "in those days"
• [e]. Or "young bull"
• [f]. Or "worship"
• [g]. I.e. heavenly bodies
• [h]. Other mss spell it: "Romphan," or "Rempham," or "Raiphan," or "Rephan"