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And God was with him, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his house.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"Now there came a famine upon the whole of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers were not finding sustenance. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But Jacob, having heard that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers first; <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and, at the second time, Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's race became known to Pharaoh. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Joseph, sending, called for Jacob his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Israel Oppressed in Egypt<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he and our fathers; <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and they were removed to Shechem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Emmor, in Shechem.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But, as the time of the promise which God promised to Abraham was drawing nigh, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>until there arose another king in Egypt, who knew not Joseph. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The same, dealing craftily with our race, ill-treated our fathers, in causing their children <i>to be</i> cast out, that they might not be preserved alive. <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Birth and Adoption of Moses<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../hebrews/11.htm#23">Hebrews 11:23–29</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In which season Moses was born, and was beautiful to God; who was nourished three months in the house of <i>his</i> father; <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>but, when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and nourished him as her own son. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works. <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">The Rejection and Flight of Moses<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But, when his fortieth year was being completed, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And, seeing a certain one wrongly treated, he defended <i>him</i>, and avenged him that was oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And he was supposing that <i>his</i> brethren understood that God, through his hand, would give them deliverance; but they understood not. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>On the following day, also, he appeared to them <i>while</i> they were fighting and he was urging them to peace, saying, 'Men, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one another?' <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But he who was wronging <i>his</i> neighbor thrust him away, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us? <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do you wish to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.<p> <A name="31"></a><p class="hdg">The Call of Moses<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And, forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Moses, seeing <i>it</i>, wondered at the sight; and, as he drew near to observe <i>it</i>, there came a voice of the Lord, <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' And Moses, becoming terrified, was not daring to examine it. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And the Lord said to him, 'Loose the sandals from your feet; for the place on which you have been standing is holy ground. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Surely, I saw the affliction of My people in Egypt, and heard their groaning; and I came down to rescue them. And now come, I will send you into Egypt.'<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>This Moses whom they denied, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?' him hath God sent as both ruler and redeemer, with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>This man led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A Prophet will God raise up for you of your brethren, as <i>He did</i> me. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spake to him on mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us: <A name="40"></a><p class="hdg">The Rebellion of Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>to whom our fathers wished not to become obedient, but thrust <i>him</i> away, and in their hearts turned back again to Egypt; <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who shall go before us; for <i>as</i> for this Moses who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.' <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their <i>hands</i>. <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>But God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it has been written in a book of the prophets, 'Did ye offer to Me slain beasts and sacrifices, forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan?the figures which ye made to worship them; and I will remove you beyond Babylon.'<p> <A name="45"></a><p class="hdg">The Tabernacle of the Testimony<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../hebrews/9.htm">Hebrews 9:1–10</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>"Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as He, directed, Who spake to Moses, that he should make it according to the model which he had seen; <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>which also our fathers, having received in succession, brought in with Joshua, in taking possession of the nations which God thrust out before the face of our fathers, until the days of David; <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>who found favor in the sight of God, and asked that he might find 'A habitation for the God of Jacob.' <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>But Solomon built a house for Him. <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Yet the Most High dwelleth not in <i>houses</i> made with hands; as says the prophet,<p> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>'Heaven is My throne; and the earth <i>is</i> the footstool of My feet: what manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord, Or what <i>is</i> the place of My rest?<p> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Did not My hand make all these things?'<p> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Ye stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers <i>did</i>, so <i>do</i> ye. <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who declared beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous One?of Whom just now ye became the betrayers and murderers; <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>who, indeed, received the law as <i>the</i> ministrations of angels, and did not keep <i>it</i>."<p> <A name="55"></a><p class="hdg">The Stoning of Stephen<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>Now, while hearing these things, they were being cut to their hearts, and were gnashing their teeth over him. <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking intently into Heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God; <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>and he said, "Behold I see Heaven opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!" <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>But, crying out with a loud voice, they closed their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord; <A name="59"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>and, having thrust him forth outside of the city, they kept stoning <i>him</i>! And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul. <A name="60"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>And they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/7-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>And, kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to them!" 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