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Acts 7:30

After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

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ASV

And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

KJV

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
πληρωθέντωνplērōthentōnwhen were passingG4137 →
ἐτῶνetōnyearsG2094 →
τεσσεράκονταtesserakontafortyG5062 →
ὤφθηōphthēappearedG3700 →
αὐτῷautōto himG846 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῇtēatheG3588 →
ἐρήμῳerēmōwildernessG2048 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
ὄρουςorousMountG3735 →
ΣινᾶSinaSinaiG4614 →
ἄγγελοςangelosan angelG32 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
φλογὶphlogia flameG5395 →
πυρὸςpurosof fireG4442 →
βάτου.batouof a bush.G942 →

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Exodus 3:1–2Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.Acts 7:32‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.Exodus 7:7Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.Genesis 48:15–16Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,Psalms 66:12You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.Daniel 3:27and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.Acts 7:17As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.Deuteronomy 4:20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.Genesis 22:15–18And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,Mark 12:26But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?Hosea 12:3–5In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.Genesis 16:7–13Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

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