Acts 7:44 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 7:44

42 Then ^aGod turned and gave them up to worship ^bthe host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
^c‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?

43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And ^aI will carry you away beyond Babylon.’

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44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses ^ato make it according to the pattern that he had seen,

45 ^awhich our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, ^bwhom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the ^cdays of David,

46 ^awho found favor before God and ^basked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.

47 ^aBut Solomon built Him a house.

48 “However, ^athe Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

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Definitions of words in Acts 7:44:

As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Moses {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Moses {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Moses {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Pattern {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Wilderness {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Wilderness {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Witness {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Witness {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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