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Amos 5:25-27

Amos.5.25-Amos.5.27

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25“Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel? 26You have lifted up the shrine of your king, the pedestal of your idols, the star of your god— which you made for yourselves. 27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.
Amos 5:25-27 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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  1. Acts 7:42-43 quotes Amos 5:25-27

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    Stephen quotes Amos on Israel's idolatry in the wilderness. Acts follows the Greek Old Testament, which names Rephan and says beyond Babylon, where the Hebrew names Sakkuth and Kaiwan and says beyond Damascus.

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    • Wording of the Greek and Hebrew texts: The names of the idols and the place of exile differ between the Hebrew text and the Greek version Stephen cites. The charge of wilderness idolatry and the sentence of exile are the same in both.

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