Acts 7:17
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Acts 7:17
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"But as the time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
Acts 7:18
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until THERE AROSE ANOTHER KING OVER EGYPT WHO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT JOSEPH.
Acts 7:19
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~"It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive.
Acts 7:20
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~"It was at this time that Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father's home.
Acts 7:21
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~"And after he had been set outside, Pharaoh's daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son.
Acts 7:22
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~"Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.
Acts 7:23
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~"But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
Acts 7:24
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~"And when he saw one {of them} being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.
Acts 7:25
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~"And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.
Acts 7:26
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~"On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, `Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?'
Acts 7:27
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~"But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, `WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND JUDGE OVER US?
Acts 7:28
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~`YOU DO NOT MEAN TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN YESTERDAY, DO YOU?'
Acts 7:29
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~"At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he became the father of two sons.
Acts 7:30
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"After forty years had passed, AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS OF MOUNT Sinai, IN THE FLAME OF A BURNING THORN BUSH.
Acts 7:31
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~"When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he approached to look {more} closely, there came the voice of the Lord:
Acts 7:32
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`I AM THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB.' Moses shook with fear and would not venture to look.
Acts 7:33
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~"BUT THE LORD SAID TO HIM, `TAKE OFF THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND.
Acts 7:34
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~`I HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN THE OPPRESSION OF MY PEOPLE IN EGYPT AND HAVE HEARD THEIR GROANS, AND I HAVE COME DOWN TO RESCUE THEM; COME NOW, AND I WILL SEND YOU TO EGYPT.'
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