Acts 7:40

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They said to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will lead us, for we do not know what has happened to this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt.'

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  • Exod 32:1 : 1 When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Get up, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him."
  • Exod 32:23 : 23 They said to me, 'Make gods for us who will go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'

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  • Exod 32:23-25
    3 verses
    93%

    23They said to me, 'Make gods for us who will go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'

    24So I told them, 'Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.' They gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!"

    25Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control, to the mockery of their enemies.

  • Exod 32:1-4
    4 verses
    90%

    1When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Get up, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him."

    2Aaron said to them, "Take off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

    3So all the people took off the gold earrings that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.

    4He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with a tool, and made it into a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

  • Acts 7:39
    81%

    39But our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  • Exod 32:7-9
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    80%

    7Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves."

    8They have turned aside quickly from the way I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'

    9The LORD also said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people."

  • Acts 7:41-42
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    80%

    41At that time, they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

    42But God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you bring me offerings and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?'

  • Neh 9:18
    78%

    18Even when they made a molten calf for themselves and said, 'This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,' and they committed terrible blasphemies,

  • Exod 14:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

    12Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone so we can serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

  • Num 14:4
    75%

    4And they said to each other, "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.

  • Deut 9:12
    74%

    12Then the LORD said to me, 'Go down immediately, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside from the way I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.'

  • Exod 10:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25But Moses said, "You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.

    26Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use them to worship the LORD our God. And until we arrive there, we will not know what we are to use to worship the LORD."

  • Exod 32:21
    74%

    21Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you that you led them into such a great sin?"

  • Exod 32:31
    74%

    31So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, this people have committed a great sin; they have made themselves gods of gold.

  • Exod 20:19
    73%

    19They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'

  • Exod 8:26-27
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    26Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.

    27And the LORD did as Moses asked: He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people; not a single fly remained.

  • Exod 10:8
    73%

    8Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. "Go, worship the LORD your God," he said. "But tell me, who will be going?"

  • Num 14:2
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    2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!

  • Ps 106:19
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    19They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image.

  • Judg 2:12
    72%

    12They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods, the gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger.

  • Exod 7:1
    72%

    1The Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet."

  • Exod 17:3
    72%

    3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

  • Jer 2:6
    72%

    6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

  • Num 14:13
    72%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

  • Deut 29:26
    71%

    26Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book.

  • Acts 7:36
    71%

    36This is the one who led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

  • Deut 29:16
    71%

    16You saw their detestable things and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold that were among them.

  • Exod 32:35
    71%

    35Then the LORD struck the people with a plague, because of what they had done with the calf Aaron had made.

  • Acts 7:32
    71%

    32'I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look closely.

  • Jer 16:20
    71%

    20Can people make their own gods? Such gods are not gods at all!

  • Num 20:15
    71%

    15Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Num 14:11
    71%

    11The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

  • Deut 13:2
    71%

    2If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

  • Num 20:4
    71%

    4Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?

  • Exod 5:3
    71%

    3Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plague or with the sword."

  • 1 Sam 6:6
    71%

    6Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he dealt severely with them, didn’t they let the Israelites go, and they departed?

  • Num 14:41
    71%

    41But Moses said, 'Why are you disobeying the LORD's command? This will not succeed.