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Acts 7:42
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¶ 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?
Then {G1161} God {G2316} turned {G4762}, and {G2532} gave {G3860} them {G846} up {G3860} to worship {G3000} the host {G4756} of heaven {G3772}; as it {G2531} is written {G1125} in {G1722} the book {G976} of the prophets {G4396}, O ye house {G3624} of Israel {G2474}, have ye offered {G3361}{G4374} to me {G3427} slain beasts {G4968} and {G2532} sacrifices {G2378} by the space of forty {G5062} years {G2094} in {G1722} the wilderness {G2048}?
So God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the stars — as has been written in the book of the prophets,
‘People of Isra’el, it was not to me
that you offered slaughtered animals
and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness!
‘People of Isra’el, it was not to me
that you offered slaughtered animals
and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness!
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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