Acts 7:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

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  • Exod 2:14-22 : 14 And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light. 15 Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock. 17 And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them. 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you have come back so quickly today? 19 And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock. 20 And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal. 21 And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. 22 And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.
  • Exod 4:19-20 : 19 And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.
  • Exod 18:2-4 : 2 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away, 3 And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land: 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:

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  • Exod 2:10-17
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    10And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.

    11Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

    12And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.

    13And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the wrong, Why are you fighting your brother?

    14And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.

    15Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.

    16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.

    17And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.

  • Exod 2:21-22
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    21And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.

    22And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.

  • Acts 7:30-32
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    30At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.

    31And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

    32I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

  • Acts 7:28
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    28Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?

  • Acts 7:20-24
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    20At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

    21And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

    22And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.

    23But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.

    24And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:

  • Exod 18:3-4
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    3And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land:

    4And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:

  • Exod 3:1
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    1Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Acts 7:35-37
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    35This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.

    36This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

    37This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

  • Heb 11:23-24
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    23By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.

    24By faith Moses, when he became a man, had no desire to be named the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

  • Exod 4:18-20
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    18And Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

    19And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.

    20And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

  • Exod 7:7
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    7And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they gave the Lord's word to Pharaoh.

  • Exod 24:18
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    18And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

  • Num 14:13
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    13And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Num 27:15
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    15Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Acts 7:39
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    39By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,

  • Num 11:30
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    30Then Moses, with the responsible men of Israel, went back to the tent-circle.

  • Exod 18:1
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    1Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.