Acts 7:33

33 And the Lord said to him, 'Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing 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 When Moses saw it he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord came,

32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.

33 And the Lord said to him, 'Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

34 I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people that are in Egypt and heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.'

35 "This Moses whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.