Acts 7:42

Moreover, the God turns and gives-aside/delivers same to-be-rendering-employment to{the army} of{the heaven} according-as has-been-written in to{[the] scroll} of{the prophets}, 'No[?], house [of-]Israel, you-carry-toward to{me} victims/slaughtereds and sacrifices forty years in to{the desolate}[?],

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

In Context

41and they-make-a-calf in to{the days, the-there-s} and lead-up/anew [a] sacrifice to{the idol} and have-been-being-gladdened in to{the works} of{the hands} of{same}.

43and you-take-up/anew the tent/lodge/tabernacle of{the} Moloch and the star of{the God} of{you}, Rompha/Raiphan/Remphan, the imprints/replicas/types which you-make to-be-worshipping to{same} and I-will-change-home you upon-the-there/beyond of{Babylon}.'

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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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