Act 7:43 | NETfull | STEP | But you took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, the images you made to worship, but I will deport you beyond Babylon .’

Acts 7:43

43 But you took along the tabernacle ^{▼▼ Or “tent.”} ^{▼▼ A tabernacle was a tent used to house religious objects or a shrine (i.e., a portable sanctuary).} of Moloch ^{▼▼ Moloch was a Canaanite deity who was believed to be the god of the sky and the sun.} and the star of the ^{▼▼ ‡ Most mss, including several important ones (Ƥ⁷⁴ א A C E Ψ 33 1739 Maj. h p vg sy^h mae bo Cyr), have ὑμῶν (humōn, “your”) here, in conformity with the LXX of Amos 5:26. But other significant and diverse witnesses lack the pronoun: The lack of ὑμῶν in B D 36 453 gig sy^p sa Ir^lat Or is difficult to explain if it is not the original wording here. NA²⁷ has the word in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.} god Rephan, ^{▼▼ Rephan (῾Ραιφάν, Rhaifan) was a pagan deity. The term was a name for Saturn. It was variously spelled in the mss (BDAG 903 s.v. has Rompha as an alternate spelling). The references cover a range of deities and a history of unfaithfulness.} the images you made to worship, but I will deport ^{▼▼ Or “I will make you move.”} you beyond Babylon .’ ^{▼▼ A quotation from Amos 5:25–27. This constituted a prediction of the exile.}