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Acts 7:42 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 42 · King James Version
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?Acts 7:42 · King James Version
Acts 7:42 in context
40Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- prophetsprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- worshiplatreuōto serve for hire, to serve, minister to, either to the gods or men and used alike of…G3000 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- turnedstrephōto turn, turn around, to turn one's self , metaph. to turn one's self from one's course…G4762 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- houseoikosa house, an inhabited house, home, any building whatever, of a palace, the house of God…G3624 →
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