42 But God (A)turned away and gave them over to [a]serve the heavenly [b]lights; as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘(B)You did not offer Me victims and sacrifices (C)for forty years in the wilderness, did you, house of Israel? 43 (D)You also took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god [c]Rompha, the images which you made to worship. I also will deport you beyond Babylon.’

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  1. Acts 7:42 Or worship
  2. Acts 7:42 Lit host
  3. Acts 7:43 Other mss spell it: Romphan, Rempham, Raiphan; or Rephan

42 But God turned away from them(A) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.(B) This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

“‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
    forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
    and the star of your god Rephan,
    the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile’[a](C) beyond Babylon.

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  1. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)