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Acts 7:33

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God's holiness

31 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.

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

34 I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’

35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
KJV
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
WEB
The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
ASV
And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
DARBY
And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
BLB
And the Lord said to him, ‘Loose the sandal of your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.
ÅB
Og Herren sa til ham: Løs skoene av dine føtter! for det sted du står på, er hellig jord.
OTB
Da instruerte Herren ham: ‘Ta av deg sandalene, for stedet du står på er hellig grunn.
B1930
Og Herren sa til ham: Løs skoene av dine føtter! for det sted du står på, er hellig jord.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 3:5

    “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

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  • Joshua 5:15

    The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

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  • Ecclesiastes 5:1

    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

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  • 2 Peter 1:18

    And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

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