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 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt.

The Lord said to Moses, "Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.'

After

Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?

you must say to them, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.

You performed awesome signs against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians had acted presumptuously against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day.

He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.

Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loyal love endures,

In the red

Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.

And in the wilderness

Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.)

On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle -- the tent of the testimony -- and from evening until morning there was a fiery appearance over the tabernacle.

This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach."

Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.

You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.

He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.

He defeated many nations, and killed mighty kings --

to the one who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures,

General references

So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."

You led your people like a flock of sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures,

The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.