Acts 7:36-38

Contemporary English Version

³⁶^(A) In Egypt and at the Red Sea^[a] and in the desert, Moses rescued the people by working miracles and wonders for 40 years. ³⁷^(B) Moses is the one who told the people of Israel, “God will choose one of your people to be a prophet, just as he chose me.” ³⁸^(C) Moses brought our people together in the desert, and the angel spoke to him on Mount Sinai. There he was given these life-giving words to pass on to us.

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Footnotes

7.36 Red Sea: This name comes from the Bible of the early Christians, a translation made into Greek about 200 b.c. It refers to the body of water that the Israelites crossed and was one of the marshes or fresh water lakes near the eastern part of the Nile Delta, where they lived and where the towns of Exodus 13.17—14.9 were located.