Verse 31
Acts 7:31
Free Bible Version
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I have closely observed the suffering of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groans. I have come down to rescue them. Now come over here, for I'm sending you to Egypt.’
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ Μωϋσῆς ἰδὼν ⸀ἐθαύμασεν τὸ ὅραμα. προσερχομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ κατανοῆσαι ἐγένετο φωνὴ ⸀κυρίου·
English Translation
But Moses, seeing, marveled at the vision. And as he approached to observe, there came the voice of the Lord.
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Chapter 7 Context
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“Are these allegations true?” the high priest asked.
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“Brothers and fathers, listen to me!” Stephen replied. “God (Elohim) in his glory appeared to our fa...
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God (Elohim) told him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and go to the country that I'm going...
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So he left the country of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. After his father's death, God (Elohim) s...
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God (Elohim) didn't give Abraham an inheritance here, not even one square foot. But God (Elohim) did...
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God (Elohim) also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign country, and that they would...
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God (Elohim) said, ‘I will punish the nation that enslaves them. Eventually they will leave and come...
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God (Elohim) also gave Abraham the agreement regarding circumcision, and so when Isaac was born, Abr...
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The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God (Elohim) was wit...
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and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave him wisdom and helped him gain the favor of Pharaoh,...
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Now a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan. It caused terrible misery, and our forefathers ha...
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During their second visit, Joseph revealed to his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh discovered Joseph...
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Joseph sent for his father and all his relatives—seventy-five in total.
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Jacob traveled to Egypt, and died there—as did our forefathers.
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As the time approached regarding the promise that God (Elohim) had made to Abraham, the number of ou...
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He took advantage of our people and treated our ancestors badly, forcing them to abandon their babie...
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It was at this time that Moses was born. He was a handsome child, and for three months he was looked...
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When he had to be abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter rescued him and took care of him as her own son.
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Moses received instruction in all areas of Egyptian knowledge, and he became a powerful speaker and...
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However, when he was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the Israelites.
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He saw one of them being mistreated, so he intervened to defend him. On behalf of the man he took re...
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Moses thought his fellow Israelites would see that God (Elohim) was rescuing them through him, but t...
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The next day when he arrived, two Israelites were fighting one another. He tried to reconcile them a...
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But the man who had started the fight pushed Moses away. ‘Who put you in charge over us? Are you our...
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‘Are you going to kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
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When he heard this, Moses ran away. He went and lived in exile in the land of Midian, where two sons...
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Forty years later, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning...
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When Moses saw this, he was amazed at the sight, and went over to take a closer look. The voice of t...
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‘I am the God (Elohim) of your fathers, the God (Elohim) of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses shoo...
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The Lord told him, ‘Take off your sandals, because where you are standing is holy ground.
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I have closely observed the suffering of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groans. I have c...
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This was the same Moses that the people had rejected when they said, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge...
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Moses led them out after performing miraculous signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and continued to...
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This is the same Moses who promised the Israelites, ‘God (Elohim) will send you a prophet like me fr...
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Moses was with God (Elohim)'s assembled people in the desert when the angel spoke to him at Mount Si...
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He was the one our fathers wouldn't listen to. They rejected him and decided to return to Egypt.
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They told Aaron, ‘Make gods for us to lead us, because we don't know what's happened to this Moses w...
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Then they made an idol in the shape of a calf, sacrificed to it, and celebrated what they themselves...
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So God (Elohim) gave up on them. He left them to their worship of the stars in the sky. This is what...
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No, you carried the Tabernacle of the god Moloch and the image of the god Rephan's star, images that...
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Our ancestors had the Tabernacle of Testimony in the desert. God (Elohim) had told Moses how he shou...
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Later on, our forefathers carried it with them when they went in with Joshua to occupy the land take...
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Of course the Almighty doesn't live in temples we make. As the prophet said,
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‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth the place I put my feet. What kind of dwelling could you build f...
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Didn't I make everything?’
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You arrogant, hard-hearted people! You never listen! You always fight against the Holy Spirit! You a...
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Was there ever a prophet your fathers didn't persecute? They killed those who prophesied about the c...
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you who received the law by means of the angels, but refused to keep it.”
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When they heard this, the council members became mad with rage, and snarled at him, grinding their t...
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But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed up into heaven and saw God (Elohim)'s glory, with Yashua...
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“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God (Elohim)'s right hand.”
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But they held their hands over their ears and shouted as loudly as they could. They rushed together...
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dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. His accusers laid their coats down beside a you...
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As they went on stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Yashua (Jesus), receive my spirit.”
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He kneeled down, calling out, “Lord, please don't hold this sin against them!” And after he said thi...
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