Acts 7:43 meaning and explanation
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.’
Acts 7:43, Berean Standard Bible
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Stephen, on trial before the Sanhedrin, quotes Amos to show that Israel's idolatry did not begin with the golden calf but ran through the wilderness years. Molech was an Ammonite deity associated with child sacrifice, and Rephan was a star god; the "tabernacle" and "star" are the shrines and emblems Israel carried instead of trusting the living God.
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