And by means of many wonders and miraculous signs, he led them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through the wilderness for forty years.
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- WEB This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
- KJV He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- BSB He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
- ESV This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
- NKJV He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- NASB This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
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Quick answer
Moses led Israel out with signs and wonders in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and through forty years in the wilderness. God confirmed His chosen deliverer with mighty works.
Overview
Stephen summarizes Moses' redemptive ministry, marked by wonders and signs over forty years (Exodus 7-14; the wilderness years). These works authenticated Moses as God's sent deliverer. Likewise, the signs and wonders accompanying Jesus and the apostles testified that God was at work in them.
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- Exod 14:21Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Exod 12:41At the end of four hundred thirty years, to the day, all of Yahweh’s armies went out from the land of Egypt.
- Exod 33:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring. ’
- Exod 14:27–29Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.
- Ps 78:12–33He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Exod 7:1–14Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
- Exod 16:35The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
- Deut 4:33–37Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
- Num 11:1–35The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
- Neh 9:18–22Yes, when they had made themselves a molten calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies;
- Deut 8:4Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
- Acts 13:18For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
- Deut 6:21–22then you shall tell your son, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
- Exod 16:1–17They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
- Ps 105:27–36They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Neh 9:12–15Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
- Ps 105:39–45He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
- Ps 135:8–12Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;
- Ps 106:17–18The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- Deut 2:25–37Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.”
- Ps 136:9–21The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Num 16:1–17Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men.
- Exod 19:1–20In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
- Ps 95:10Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways.”
- Acts 7:42But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- Num 20:1–21The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Heb 8:9not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.
- Num 14:1–45All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
- Ps 78:42–51They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- Exod 15:23–25When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.
- Neh 9:10and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.
- Ps 106:8–11Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
- Num 9:15–23On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
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