Acts 7:33

And the Lord said to him: Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place wherein thou standest is holy ground.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

In Context

32I am the God of thy fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified durst not behold.

34Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt: and I have heard their groaning and am come down to deliver them. And now come: and I will send thee into Egypt.

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Cross References

Joshua 5:15Josue fell on his face to the ground. And worshipping, said: What saith my lord to his servant? Worshipping... Not with divine honour, but with a religious veneration of an inferior kind, suitable to the dignity of his person.

2 Peter 1:18And this voice, we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Matthew Henry on Acts 7:31-42

Stephen's Address. 30 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. 31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, 32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou… Read the whole commentary →

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