Did you bringהִגַּשְׁתֶּםmeלִיsacrificesהַזְּבָחִיםand offeringוּמִנְחָהin the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּרfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyears,שָׁנָהhouseבֵּיתof Israel?יִשְׂרָאֵל
Quotation · Acts 7:42-43
Go to Acts 7:42-43Stephen quotes Amos 5:25-27. Where the Hebrew says “Sikkut” and “Kiyyun,” Acts says “the tent of Molech” and “Rephan”; where the Hebrew says “beyond Damascus,” Acts says “beyond Babylon.”
Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν “as it is written in the book of the prophets” (Acts 7:42)
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Greek of the New Testament: ἔστρεψεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς λατρεύειν τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν Μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ οἶκος Ἰσραήλ καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολὸχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ Ῥαιφάν τοὺς τύπους οὓς ἐποιήσατε προσκυνεῖν αὐτοῖς καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Βαβυλῶνος
Hebrew (Masoretic text): הַזְּבָחִים וּמִנְחָה הִגַּשְׁתֶּם לִי בַמִּדְבָּר אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וּנְשָׂאתֶם אֵת סִכּוּת מַלְכְּכֶם וְאֵת כִּיּוּן צַלְמֵיכֶם כּוֹכַב אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם וְהִגְלֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵהָלְאָה לְדַמָּשֶׂק אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ
Septuagint (Amos 5:25-27 in the Septuagint numbering): μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμᾳῳ μ ἔτη, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ; καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολόχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν Ῥαιφάν, τοὺς τύπους αὐτῶν οὓς ἐποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς· καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Δαμασκοῦ, λέγει Κύριος, ὁ θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὄνομα αὐτῷ.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 13 consecutive words: “οἶκος Ἰσραήλ καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολὸχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0