Acts 7:43

⁴¹ At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

⁴² But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

⁴⁴ Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

⁴⁵ And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

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.

Compare

BSB: You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
KJV: Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
WEB: You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
ASV: And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
DARBY: Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of [your] god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.
BLB: And you⁺ took up the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your⁺ god Rephan, the images that you⁺ made to worship them; and I will remove you⁺ beyond Babylon.’

ÅB: Nei, dere bar med dere Moloks telt og guden Remfans stjerne, de bilder som dere gjorde for å tilbe dem, og jeg vil flytte dere bort hinsides Babylon.
OTB: Dere har tatt opp Molochs tabernakel
og stjernen til deres gud Refan,
avgudene dere laget for å tilbe.
Derfor vil jeg sende dere i eksil bortenfor Babylon.’
B1930: Nei, I bar med eder Moloks telt og guden Remfans stjerne, de billeder som I gjorde for å tilbede dem, og jeg vil flytte eder bort hinsides Babylon.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 5:26–27
You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.
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Exodus 20:4–5
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
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Deuteronomy 5:8–9
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
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Leviticus 20:2–5
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
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2 Kings 17:16–18
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
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2 Kings 18:11
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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2 Kings 21:6
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
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Deuteronomy 4:16–18
that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
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