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Acts 7:39 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Acts 7:51‑52• ⁵¹Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers so ye.
⁵²Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those that announced beforehand of the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye became betrayers and murderers, (Acts 7:51‑52)

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Neh. 9:16• ¹⁶{i}But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,{/i} (Neh. 9:16)

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Psa. 106:16,32‑33• ¹⁶And they were envious of Moses in the camp,{HR}Of Aaron, saint of Jehovah.
³²And they angered him at the waters of Meribah,{HR}And it went ill with Moses on their account,
³³For they provoked his spirit,{HR}And he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. (Psa. 106:16,32‑33)

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Ezek. 20:6‑14• ⁶in the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
⁷then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
⁸But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
⁹But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
¹⁰I therefore brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
¹¹And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
¹²Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctify them.
¹³But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
¹⁴But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. (Ezek. 20:6‑14)

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Acts 7:27• ²⁷But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us? (Acts 7:27)

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Judg. 11:2• ²{i}And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons were grown, they expelled Jephthah, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman.{/i} (Judg. 11:2)

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1 Kings 2:27• ²⁷{i}And Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.{/i} (1 Kings 2:27)

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Ex. 14:11‑12• ¹¹{i}And they said to Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? why hast thou done this to us, that thou hast led us out of Egypt?{/i}
¹²{i}Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.{/i} (Ex. 14:11‑12)

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Ex. 16:3• ³{i}And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!{/i} (Ex. 16:3)

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Ex. 17:3• ³{i}And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?{/i} (Ex. 17:3)

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Num. 11:5• ⁵{i}We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;{/i} (Num. 11:5)

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Num. 14:3‑4• ³{i}And why is Jehovah bringing us to this land that we may fall by the sword, that our wives and our little ones may become a prey? Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?{/i}
⁴{i}And they said one to another,{/i} Let us make a captain, and let us return unto Egypt. (Num. 14:3‑4)

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Num. 21:5• ⁵{i}and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.{/i} (Num. 21:5)

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Neh. 9:17• ¹⁷{i}and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.{/i} (Neh. 9:17)

• If the fathers so treated Moses, was it surprising that their children did not receive the Messiah of whom he prophesied, and was besides so striking a type? Thus the simple recall of scripture history vividly presents the actual guilt of the Jews where any had ears to hear. (“Acts 7:38-50” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

W. Kelly Translation

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to whom our fathers would not be subject but thrust [him] away and turned in their hearts into Egypt