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Acts 7:31

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God's presence

29 At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

30 After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:

32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

33 Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

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BSB
When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
KJV
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
WEB
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
ASV
And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,
DARBY
And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of [the] Lord,
BLB
And Moses, having seen, marveled at the vision. And [on] his coming near to behold, there was the voice of the Lord:
ÅB
Da Moses så det, undret han seg over synet; men da han gikk bort for å se på det, kom en røst fra Herren:
OTB
Da Moses så det, undret han seg over synet. Da han nærmet seg for å observere nærmere, kom Herrens røst til ham:
B1930
Da Moses så det, undret han sig over synet; men da han gikk bort for å se på det, kom en røst fra Herren:

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