He made known(A) his ways(B) to Moses,
    his deeds(C) to the people 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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19 He has revealed his word(A) to Jacob,(B)
    his laws and decrees(C) to Israel.

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11 They forgot what he had done,(A)
    the wonders he had shown 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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20 You led your people(A) like a flock(B)
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(C)

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

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

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The people all responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has said.”(A) So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord.

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