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42 But God turned against them and let them continue worshiping the army of false gods in the sky. This is what God says in the book that contains what the prophets wrote:

‘People of Israel, you did not bring me blood offerings and sacrifices
    in the desert for 40 years;
43 You carried with you the tent for worshiping Moloch
    and the image of the star of your god Rephan.
These were the idols you made to worship.
    So I will send you away beyond Babylon.’ (A)

44 “The Holy Tent[a] was with our ancestors in the desert. God told Moses how to make this tent. He made it like the plan that God showed him.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:44 Holy Tent Literally, “Tent of the Testimony.” See “ Holy Tent” in the Word List.

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