Acts 7:30

At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

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In The King James Version

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

In Context

29And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

31And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 22:15And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,

Genesis 48:15And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

Exodus 3:6And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

Exodus 19:1In the third month after the children of Israel went out from Egypt, on the same day, they came into the waste land of Sinai.

Deuteronomy 33:16The good things of the earth and all its wealth, the good pleasure of him who was seen in the burning tree: may they come on the head of Joseph, on the head of him who was prince among his brothers.

Psalms 66:12You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:18-30

Stephen's Address. 17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. 20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: 21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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