Acts 7:43
ContextNETBible | But you took along the tabernacle 1 of Moloch 2 and the star of the 3 god Rephan, 4 the images you made to worship, but I will deport 5 you beyond Babylon.’ 6 |
XREF | Ex 20:4,5; Le 18:21; Le 20:2-5; De 4:16-18; De 5:8,9; 2Ki 17:6; 2Ki 17:16-18; 2Ki 18:11; 2Ki 21:6; Am 5:27 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “tent.” sn A tabernacle was a tent used to house religious objects or a shrine (i.e., a portable sanctuary). 2 sn Moloch was a Canaanite deity who was believed to be the god of the sky and the sun. 3 tc ‡ Most 4 sn Rephan (῾Ραιφάν, RJaifan) was a pagan deity. The term was a name for Saturn. It was variously spelled in the 5 tn Or “I will make you move.” 6 sn A quotation from Amos 5:25-27. This constituted a prediction of the exile. |