He made known(A) his ways(B) to Moses,
    his deeds(C) to the people of Israel:

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He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

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13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways(A) so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”(B)

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13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

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19 He has revealed his word(A) to Jacob,(B)
    his laws and decrees(C) to Israel.

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19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

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11 They forgot what he had done,(A)
    the wonders he had shown them.

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11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

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14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath(A) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses.

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14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

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20 You led your people(A) like a flock(B)
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(C)

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20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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10 Since then, no prophet(A) has risen in Israel like Moses,(B) whom the Lord knew face to face,(C)

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10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

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45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(A) on whom your hopes are set.(B) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(C) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(D)

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45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.

47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

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He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;(A)
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

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He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

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35 “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’(A) He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He led them out of Egypt(B) and performed wonders and signs(C) in Egypt, at the Red Sea(D) and for forty years in the wilderness.(E)

37 “This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’[a](F) 38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel(G) who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors;(H) and he received living words(I) to pass on to us.(J)

39 “But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.(K) 40 They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’[b](L) 41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.(M) 42 But God turned away from them(N) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.(O) 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’[c](P) beyond Babylon.

44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law(Q) with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.(R) 45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them.(S) It remained in the land until the time of David,(T) 46 who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.[d](U) 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.(V)

48 “However, the Most High(W) does not live in houses made by human hands.(X) As the prophet says:

49 “‘Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool.(Y)
What kind of house will you build for me?
says the Lord.
    Or where will my resting place be?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?’[e](Z)

51 “You stiff-necked people!(AA) Your hearts(AB) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(AC) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(AD) 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(AE) but have not obeyed it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious(AF) and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,(AG) looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.(AH) 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open(AI) and the Son of Man(AJ) standing at the right hand of God.”

57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city(AK) and began to stone him.(AL) Meanwhile, the witnesses(AM) laid their coats(AN) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(AO)

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”(AP) 60 Then he fell on his knees(AQ) and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”(AR) When he had said this, he fell asleep.(AS)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:37 Deut. 18:15
  2. Acts 7:40 Exodus 32:1
  3. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)
  4. Acts 7:46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob
  5. Acts 7:50 Isaiah 66:1,2

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

36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

40 Saying 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.

41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

42 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?

43 Yea, 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.

44 Our 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.

45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

47 But Solomon built him an house.

48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

50 Hath not my hand made all these things?

51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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He decreed statutes(A) for Jacob(B)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,

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For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

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but Moses alone is to approach(A) the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”

When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws,(B) they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”(C) Moses then wrote(D) down everything the Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar(E) at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars(F) representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

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And Moses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.

And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness(A) where God was.

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21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

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