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Acts 7:42

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42But jGod turned away and kgave them over to worship lthe host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

m“ ‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices,

nduring the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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Cross references

  1. j[Josh. 24:20; Isa. 63:10]
  2. kPs. 81:12; Ezek. 20:39; Rom. 1:28
  3. lDeut. 4:19; 2 Kgs. 17:16; 21:3; 23:5; Jer. 19:13; Zeph. 1:5
  4. mCited from Amos 5:25–27
  5. nSee ver. 36

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

“ ‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings

forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God turned away and gave them up to worship the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring me offerings and sacrifices

for forty years in the wilderness?

NLTNew Living Translation

Then God turned away from them and abandoned them to serve the stars of heaven as their gods! In the book of the prophets it is written,

‘Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings

during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets:

‘You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me

for forty years in the wilderness, did you, house of Israel?

KJV 1900King 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?