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Israel Rebels Against God

37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, a‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. bHim you shall hear.’  
38 a“This is he who was in the1 congregation in the wilderness with bthe Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, cthe one who received the living doracles to give to us,  
39 whom our fathers awould not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,  
40 asaying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’  
41 aAnd they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and brejoiced in the works of their own hands.  
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.’  

God’s True Tabernacle

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,  
Verse Comparison: Acts 7:39

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American Standard Version
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

Amplified® Bible
[And yet] our forefathers determined not to be subject to him [refusing to listen to {or} obey him]; but thrusting him aside they rejected him, and in their hearts yearned for {and} turned back to Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
But our ancestors refused to obey Moses. They rejected him and wanted to go back to Egypt.

Darby English Version
to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

Good News Bible
"But our ancestors refused to obey him; they pushed him aside and wished that they could go back to Egypt.

International Standard Version
but our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

King James Version
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

New American Standard Bible
"Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

New International Version
"But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

New King James Version
whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Our fathers demonstrated unwillingness to obey him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

Young's Literal Translation
to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,


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