Acts 7:30

Forty years had passed when there appeared to him, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.

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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

29At these words Moses took to flight, and became an exile in Midian; and there he had two sons born to him.

31When Moses saw it, he was astonished at the vision; but on his going nearer to look at it more closely, the voice of the Lord was heard to say –

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Cross References

Genesis 22:15He named the place ‘The Lord will provide’ – and even today people say, ‘The Lord will provide on his mountain.’

Genesis 48:15He then blessed Joseph, saying, ‘The God whom my forefathers Abraham and Isaac revered and served, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,

Psalms 66:12you did let people ride over our head. We went through fire and through water, but you led us out to a spacious 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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