Acts 7:36

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Brought

Exodus 12:41

Exodus 33:1

After

In the red

Exodus 14:21

And in the wilderness

General references

Bible References

Brought

At the end of the four hundred and thirty years, to that very day, all the hosts of the Lord [gathered into tribal armies] left the land of Egypt.

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought from the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel), saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’

After

Did [any] people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you heard, and [still] live?

then you shall say to your son, ‘We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

“Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
Against all his servants and all the people of his land;
For You knew that they behaved arrogantly toward them (the Israelites),
And You made a name for Yourself, as it is to this day.

He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided].

They exhibited His wondrous signs among them,
Great miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt).

Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
That He might make His [supreme] power known.

Who struck the firstborn of Egypt,
Both of man and animal;

The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

In the red

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord swept the sea back by a strong east wind all that night and turned the seabed into dry land, and the waters were divided.

And in the wilderness

Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink its waters because they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah (bitter).

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud [of God’s presence] covered the tabernacle, that is, the tent of the Testimony; and in the evening it was over the tabernacle, appearing like [a pillar of] fire until the morning.

This day I will begin to put the dread and the fear of you on the peoples (pagans) under the whole heaven, who, when they hear the reports about you, will tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your feet swell these forty years.

“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,
And with a pillar of fire by night
To light the way for them
In which they were to go.

In the daytime He led them with a cloud
And all the night with a light of fire.

The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],
And a fire to illumine the night.

Therefore the earth opened and swallowed Dathan,
And engulfed the company of Abiram.

Who struck many nations
And killed mighty kings,

To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

General references

Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, and then bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

You led Your people like a flock
By the hand of Moses and Aaron [to the promised goal].

With a strong hand and with an outstretched arm,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;

And by a prophet (Moses) the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
And by a prophet Israel was preserved.