Acts 7:42
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?
Context
This verse from Acts Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin rehearses Israel's history of rejecting God's messengers: Joseph, Moses, and now the Righteous One. 'You are just like your fathers; you always resist the Holy Spirit.' He sees the Son of Man standing at God's …
Other Translations
But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?
Cross References
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And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and …
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is …
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
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But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against …
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. …
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of …