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Acts 7:43

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

Yea {G2532}, ye took up {G353} the tabernacle {G4633} of Moloch {G3434}, and {G2532} the star {G798} of your {G5216} god {G2316} Remphan {G4481}, figures {G5179} which {G3739} ye made {G4160} to worship {G4352} them {G846}: and {G2532} I will carry {G3351} you {G5209} away {G3351} beyond {G1900} Babylon {G897}.

No, you carried the tent of Molekh
and the star of your god Reifan,
the idols you made so that you could worship them.
Therefore, I will send you into exile beyond Bavel.’

You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

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Cross-References

  • Amos 5:26 (11 votes)

    But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
  • Amos 5:27 (11 votes)

    Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name [is] The God of hosts.
  • Deuteronomy 5:8 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:
  • Deuteronomy 5:9 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me,
  • Exodus 20:4 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
  • Exodus 20:5 (5 votes)

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
  • Leviticus 20:2 (4 votes)

    Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever [he be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth [any] of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
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