Acts 7:39
Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,
In context
36 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years. 37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.’ 38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us. 39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt, 40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and were rejoicing in the works of their hands. 42 But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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- KJV King James Version
— Acts 7:39 in the KJV
to whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
- NIV New International Version
— Acts 7:39 in the NIV
“But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.