Acts 7:23

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But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites.

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  • Exod 2:11-12 : 11 The Presumption of the Deliverer In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people. 12 He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand.
  • Heb 11:24-26 : 24 By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure. 26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
  • Rev 17:17 : 17 For God has put into their minds to carry out his purpose by making a decision to give their royal power to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled.
  • Exod 4:18 : 18 The Return of Moses So Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him,“Let me go, so that I may return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses,“Go in peace.”
  • Exod 35:21 : 21 Everyone whose heart stirred him to action and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the offering for the LORD for the work of the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.
  • Exod 35:29 : 29 The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the LORD, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
  • 1 Chr 29:17-19 : 17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you. 18 O LORD God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, always maintain these motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. 19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.”
  • 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict of the king and the officers in keeping with the LORD’s message.
  • Ezra 1:1 : 1 ¶ The Decree of Cyrus In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the LORD’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD motivated King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his kingdom and also to put it in writing. It read:
  • Ezra 1:5 : 5 The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites– all those whose mind God had stirred– got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem!
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
  • Acts 15:36 : 36 Paul and Barnabas Part Company After some days Paul said to Barnabas,“Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”
  • 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 The Mission of Titus But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,
  • Phil 2:12-13 : 12 Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, 13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort– for the sake of his good pleasure– is God.

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  • Acts 7:24-25
    2 verses
    81%

    24 When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.

    25 He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand.

  • Exod 2:11-15
    5 verses
    80%

    11 The Presumption of the Deliverer In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people.

    12 He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand.

    13 When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong,“Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?”

    14 The man replied,“Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking,“Surely what I did has become known.”

    15 When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well.

  • Acts 7:19-22
    4 verses
    76%

    19 This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

    20 At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father’s house,

    21 and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

    22 So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

  • Exod 7:7
    74%

    7 Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

  • Acts 7:28-31
    4 verses
    74%

    28 You don’t want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’

    29 When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

    30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

    31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • Acts 7:36
    71%

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

  • Heb 11:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23 By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

    24 By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

  • Acts 13:18
    71%

    18 For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

  • Gen 41:46
    71%

    46 Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 24:18
    70%

    18 Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • Josh 14:7
    70%

    7 I was forty years old when Moses, the LORD’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report.

  • Exod 12:40
    70%

    40 Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.

  • Exod 3:1
    68%

    1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

  • Deut 1:3
    68%

    3 However, it was not until the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year that Moses addressed the Israelites just as the LORD had instructed him to do.

  • Acts 7:34
    67%

    34 I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

  • Acts 7:17
    67%

    17 “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

  • Exod 4:18-19
    2 verses
    67%

    18 The Return of Moses So Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him,“Let me go, so that I may return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses,“Go in peace.”

    19 The LORD said to Moses in Midian,“Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”

  • Exod 11:3
    67%

    3 (Now the LORD granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.)

  • Exod 4:21
    67%

    21 The LORD said to Moses,“When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put under your control. But I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

  • Exod 2:23
    67%

    23 The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.

  • Exod 4:14
    66%

    14 Then the LORD became angry with Moses, and he said,“What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

  • Gen 50:3
    66%

    3 They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

  • Acts 7:13
    66%

    13 On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

  • Num 14:13
    66%

    13 Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–

  • Heb 3:9
    66%

    9 “There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years.

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