Acts 7:39

Contemporary English Version 1995

But our ancestors refused to obey Moses. They rejected him and wanted to go back to Egypt.

Cross References

Numbers 11:5

In Egypt we could eat all the fish we wanted, and there were cucumbers, melons, all kinds of onions, and garlic.

Exodus 16:3

“We wish the Lord had killed us in Egypt. When we lived there, we could at least sit down and eat all the bread and meat we wanted. But you have brought us out here into this desert, where we are going to starve.”

1 Kings 2:27

But I won't let you be a priest of the Lord anymore. And so the promise that the Lord had made at Shiloh about the family of Eli came true.

Numbers 21:5

that they complained against God and said to Moses, “Did you bring us out of Egypt, just to let us die in the desert? There's no water out here, and we can't stand this awful food!”

Exodus 17:3

But the people were thirsty and kept on complaining, “Moses, did you bring us out of Egypt just to let us and our families and our animals die of thirst?”

Acts 7:27

But the man who had started the fight pushed Moses aside and asked, “Who made you our ruler and judge?

Psalm 106:16

Everyone in camp was jealous of Moses and of Aaron, your chosen priest.

1 Corinthians 14:32

A prophet should be willing to stop and let someone else speak.