Acts 7:33

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“Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

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BSBPD

“Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 7:33 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 3:5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
  2. Joshua 5:15The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
  4. 2 Peter 1:18And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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