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Acts 7:33

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God's holiness

31 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,

32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which 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

    And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

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  • Joshua 5:15

    And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

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  • Ecclesiastes 5:1

    Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

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  • 2 Peter 1:18

    And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

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