Acts:7:1-
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Then said (
5627 )
the high priest ,
Are (
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these things so ?
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And he said (
5713 ),
Men ,
brethren ,
and fathers ,
hearken (
5657 );
The God of glory appeared (
5681 )
unto our father Abraham ,
when he was (
5752 )
in Mesopotamia ,
before he dwelt (
5658 )
in Charran ,
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And said (
5627 )
unto him ,
Get thee (
5628 )
out of thy country ,
and from thy kindred ,
and come (
5773 )
into the land which I shall shew (
5692 )
thee .
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Then came he (
5631 )
out of the land of the Chaldaeans ,
and dwelt (
5656 )
in Charran :
and from thence ,
when his father was dead (
5629 ),
he removed (
5656 )
him into this land ,
wherein ye now dwell (
5719 ).
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And he gave (
5656 )
him none inheritance in it ,
no ,
not so much as to set his foot on :
yet he promised (
5662 )
that he would give (
5629 )
it to him for a possession ,
and to his seed after him ,
when as yet he had (
5752 )
no child .
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And God spake (
5656 )
on this wise ,
That his seed should (
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sojourn in a strange land ;
and that they should bring them into bondage (
5692 ),
and entreat them evil (
5692 )
four hundred years .
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And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage (
5661 )
will I judge (
5692 ),
said (
5627 )
God :
and after that shall they come forth (
5695 ),
and serve (
5692 )
me in this place .
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And he gave (
5656 )
him the covenant of circumcision :
and so Abraham begat (
5656 )
Isaac ,
and circumcised (
5627 )
him the eighth day ;
and Isaac begat Jacob ;
and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs .
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And the patriarchs ,
moved with envy (
5660 ),
sold (
5639 )
Joseph into Egypt :
but God was (
5713 )
with him ,
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And delivered (
5639 )
him out of all his afflictions ,
and gave (
5656 )
him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt ;
and he made (
5656 )
him governor (
5740 )
over Egypt and all his house .
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Now there came (
5627 )
a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan ,
and great affliction :
and our fathers found (
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no sustenance .
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But when Jacob heard (
5660 )
that there was (
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corn in Egypt ,
he sent out (
5656 )
our fathers first .
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And at the second time Joseph was made known (
5681 )
to his brethren ;
and Josephs kindred was made (
5633 )
known unto Pharaoh .
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Then sent (
5660 )
Joseph ,
and called (
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his father Jacob to him ,
and all his kindred ,
threescore and fifteen souls .
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So Jacob went down (
5627 )
into Egypt ,
and died (
5656 ),
he ,
and our fathers ,
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And were carried over (
5681 )
into Sychem ,
and laid (
5681 )
in the sepulchre that Abraham bought (
5662 )
for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem .
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But when the time of the promise drew nigh (
5707 ),
which God had sworn (
5656 )
to Abraham ,
the people grew (
5656 )
and multiplied (
5681 )
in Egypt ,
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Till another king arose (
5627 ),
which knew (
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not Joseph .
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The same dealt subtilly (
5666 )
with our kindred ,
and evil entreated (
5656 )
our fathers ,
so that (
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they cast out their young children ,
to the end they might not live (
5745 ).
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In which time Moses was born (
5681 ),
and was (
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exceeding fair ,
and nourished up (
5648 )
in his fathers house three months :
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And when he was cast out (
5685 ),
Pharaohs daughter took him up (
5639 ),
and nourished (
5668 )
him for her own son .
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And Moses was learned (
5681 )
in all the wisdom of the Egyptians ,
and was (
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mighty in words and in deeds .
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And when he was full (
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forty years old ,
it came (
5627 )
into his heart to visit (
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his brethren the children of Israel .
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And seeing (
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one of them suffer wrong (
5746 ),
he defended (
5662 )
him ,
and avenged (
5656 )
him that was oppressed (
5746 ),
and smote (
5660 )
the Egyptian :
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For he supposed (
5707 )
his brethren would have understood (
5721 )
how that God by his hand would deliver (
5719 )
them :
but they understood (
5656 )
not .
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And the next (
5752 )
day he shewed himself (
5681 )
unto them as they strove (
5736 ),
and would have set (
5656 )
them at one again ,
saying (
5631 ),
Sirs ,
ye are (
5748 )
brethren ;
why do ye wrong (
5719 )
one to another ?
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But he that did his neighbour wrong (
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thrust him away (
5662 ),
saying (
5631 ),
Who made (
5656 )
thee a ruler and a judge over us ?
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Wilt (
5719 )
thou kill (
5629 )
me ,
as thou diddest (
5627 )
the Egyptian yesterday ?
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Then fled (
5627 )
Moses at this saying ,
and was (
5633 )
a stranger in the land of Madian ,
where he begat (
5656 )
two sons .
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And when forty years were expired (
5685 ),
there appeared (
5681 )
to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush .
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When Moses saw (
5631 )
it ,
he wondered (
5656 )
at the sight :
and as he drew near (
5740 )
to behold (
5658 )
it ,
the voice of the Lord came (
5633 )
unto him ,
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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 (
5637 ),
and durst (
5707 )
not behold (
5658 ).
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Then said (
5627 )
the Lord to him ,
Put off (
5657 )
thy shoes from thy feet :
for the place where thou standest (
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is (
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holy ground .
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I have seen (
5631 ),
I have seen (
5627 )
the affliction of my people which is in Egypt ,
and I have heard (
5656 )
their groaning ,
and am come down (
5627 )
to deliver (
5641 )
them .
And now come (
5773 ),
I will send (
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thee into Egypt .
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This Moses whom they refused (
5662 ),
saying (
5631 ),
Who made (
5656 )
thee a ruler and a judge ?
the same did God send (
5656 )
to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared (
5685 )
to him in the bush .
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He brought them out (
5627 ),
after that he had shewed (
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wonders and signs in the land of Egypt ,
and in the Red sea ,
and in the wilderness forty years .
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This is (
5748 )
that Moses ,
which said (
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unto the children of Israel ,
A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up (
5692 )
unto you of your brethren ,
like unto me ;
him shall ye hear (
5695 ).
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This is he (
5748 ),
that was (
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in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake (
5723 )
to him in the mount Sina ,
and with our fathers :
who received (
5662 )
the lively (
5723 )
oracles to give (
5629 )
unto us :
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To whom our fathers would (
5656 )
not obey (
5635 ),
but thrust him from them (
5662 ),
and in their hearts turned back again (
5648 )
into Egypt ,
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Saying (
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unto Aaron ,
Make (
5657 )
us gods to go before (
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us :
for as for this Moses ,
which brought (
5627 )
us out of the land of Egypt ,
we wot (
5758 )
not what is become (
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of him .
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And they made a calf (
5656 )
in those days ,
and offered (
5627 )
sacrifice unto the idol ,
and rejoiced (
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in the works of their own hands .
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Then God turned (
5656 ),
and gave them up (
5656 )
to worship (
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the host of heaven ;
as it is written (
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in the book of the prophets ,
O ye house of Israel ,
have ye offered (
5656 )
to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness ?
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Yea ,
ye took up (
5627 )
the tabernacle of Moloch ,
and the star of your god Remphan ,
figures which ye made (
5656 )
to worship (
5721 )
them :
and I will carry you away (
5692 )
beyond Babylon .
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Our fathers had (
5713 )
the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness ,
as he had appointed (
5668 ),
speaking (
5723 )
unto Moses ,
that he should make (
5658 )
it according to the fashion that he had seen (
5715 ).
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Which also our fathers that came (
5666 )
after brought in (
5627 )
with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles ,
whom God drave out (
5656 )
before the face of our fathers ,
unto the days of David ;
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Who found (
5627 )
favour before God ,
and desired (
5668 )
to find (
5629 )
a tabernacle for the God of Jacob .
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But Solomon built (
5656 )
him an house .
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Howbeit the most High dwelleth (
5719 )
not in temples made with hands ;
as saith (
5719 )
the prophet ,
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Heaven is my throne ,
and earth is my footstool :
what house will ye build (
5692 )
me ?
saith (
5719 )
the Lord :
or what is the place of my rest ?
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Hath not my hand made (
5656 )
all these things ?
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Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ,
ye do always resist (
5719 )
the Holy Ghost :
as your fathers did ,
so do ye .
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Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted (
5656 )?
and they have slain (
5656 )
them which shewed before (
5660 )
of the coming of the Just One ;
of whom ye have been (
5769 )
now the betrayers and murderers :
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Who have received (
5627 )
the law by the disposition of angels ,
and have not kept (
5656 )
it .
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When they heard (
5723 )
these things ,
they were cut (
5712 )
to the heart ,
and they gnashed (
5707 )
on him with their teeth .
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But he ,
being (
5723 )
full of the Holy Ghost ,
looked up stedfastly (
5660 )
into heaven ,
and saw (
5627 )
the glory of God ,
and Jesus standing (
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on the right hand of God ,
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And said (
5627 ),
Behold (
5628 ),
I see (
5719 )
the heavens opened (
5772 ),
and the Son of man standing (
5761 )
on the right hand of God .
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Then they cried out (
5660 )
with a loud voice ,
and stopped (
5627 )
their ears ,
and ran (
5656 )
upon him with one accord ,
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And cast (
5631 )
him out of the city ,
and stoned (
5707 )
him :
and the witnesses laid down (
5639 )
their clothes at a young mans feet ,
whose name was (
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Saul .
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And they stoned (
5707 )
Stephen ,
calling upon (
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God ,
and saying (
5723 ),
Lord Jesus ,
receive (
5663 )
my spirit .
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And he kneeled down (
5631 ),
and cried (
5656 )
with a loud voice ,
Lord ,
lay (
5661 )
not this sin to their charge .
And when he had said (
5631 )
this ,
he fell asleep (
5681 ).