Acts 7:33

33 And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

Acts 7:33 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 7:33

Then said the Lord to him
To Moses, who through curiosity had made too near an approach:

put off thy shoes from thy feet;
in token of humility, obedience, and reverence:

for the place where thou standest is holy ground;
not really, but relatively, on account of the divine presence in it, and only so long as that continued.

Acts 7:33 In-Context

31 And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of [the] Lord,

32 *I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider [it].

33 And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

34 I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.

35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send [to be] a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.