Acts 7:39

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Acts 7:39

Our fathers would not obey him. They sent him away, and in their hearts turned back again to Egypt.

Numbers 14:3-4

Why is Jehovah bringing us to this land? Is it just to have us die in battle? Our wives and children will be taken as prisoners of war! Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

The Israelites said to them: If only Jehovah had allowed us to die in Egypt! There we sat by our pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted! You brought us out into this desert to let us all starve to death!

Numbers 11:5

Remember all the free fish we ate in Egypt and the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions, and garlic we had?

Exodus 14:11-12

They also complained to Moses: Was there not enough room in Egypt to bury us? Is that why you brought us out here to die in the desert? Why did you bring us out of Egypt?

Exodus 17:3

The people were thirsty for water. They complained to Moses and asked: Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Was it to make us, our children, and our livestock die of thirst?

Numbers 21:5

and criticized God and Moses. They said: Why did you make us leave Egypt only to let us die in the desert? There is no bread or water, and we cannot stand this awful food!

Judges 11:2

They had other sons by his wife, and when they grew up, they forced Jephthah to leave home. They told him: You will have no inheritance from our father for you are the son of another woman.

1 Kings 2:27

Solomon did not allow Abiathar to be priest any longer. So the word of Jehovah came true concerning the sons of Eli in Shiloh.

Nehemiah 9:16-17

But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and paid no attention to your orders.

Psalm 106:16

In the camp certain men became envious of Moses. They also became envious of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

Psalm 106:32-33

They made God angry by the water at Meribah. Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did.

Ezekiel 20:6-14

It was then that I promised to take them out of Egypt and lead them to a land I had chosen for them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.

Acts 7:27

The one who was treating his neighbor unjustly pushed him away, saying: 'Who made you our ruler and judge?

Acts 7:51-52

You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.

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Summary

Acts 7:39

To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

Whom

But

Acts 7:27

Judges 11:2

1 Kings 2:27

And in

Nehemiah 9:17

General references

Numbers 14:4

Mark 11:28

Bible References

Whom

You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.

But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and paid no attention to your orders.

In the camp certain men became envious of Moses. They also became envious of Aaron, Jehovah's holy one.

It was then that I promised to take them out of Egypt and lead them to a land I had chosen for them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.

But

The one who was treating his neighbor unjustly pushed him away, saying: 'Who made you our ruler and judge?

They had other sons by his wife, and when they grew up, they forced Jephthah to leave home. They told him: You will have no inheritance from our father for you are the son of another woman.

Solomon did not allow Abiathar to be priest any longer. So the word of Jehovah came true concerning the sons of Eli in Shiloh.

And in

They also complained to Moses: Was there not enough room in Egypt to bury us? Is that why you brought us out here to die in the desert? Why did you bring us out of Egypt?

The people were thirsty for water. They complained to Moses and asked: Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Was it to make us, our children, and our livestock die of thirst?

Remember all the free fish we ate in Egypt and the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions, and garlic we had?

Why is Jehovah bringing us to this land? Is it just to have us die in battle? Our wives and children will be taken as prisoners of war! Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

and criticized God and Moses. They said: Why did you make us leave Egypt only to let us die in the desert? There is no bread or water, and we cannot stand this awful food!

They would not obey you and gave no thought to the wonders you did among them. They became stubborn and turning away from you. They appointed a leader over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt. However, you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

General references

They said to each other: Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.

They said to him: By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you authority to do these things?