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Act 7:7. Καὶ λατρεύσουσί μοι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ) Exo 3:12, LXX., καὶ λατρεύσετε τῷ Θεῷ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ. These words spoken to him Moses records of the place, Horeb, not excluding the land of Canaan: Ibid. Act 7:8. For if service (worship) on Horeb was a sign of Moses’ mission, Exo 3:12, much more service in the land of Canaan was a sign. Therefore Stephen has woven together the oracles given to Abraham and Moses, in this sense; “They shall go forth from the land of bondage (this was said to both Abraham and Moses), and shall come to Horeb, and shall serve the Lord in this place; and shall come thence into the land of Canaan, and shall serve the Lord.” In thus weaving together these things, he shows in a strong way, (1) that what was said to Moses as to the worship of Israel towards GOD, was already in the time of Abraham divinely intended and meant: (2) that they were taught in Horeb to serve GOD for this purpose, that they might worship Him perpetually in the land of Canaan, Act 7:44 : (3) that the worship in Horeb was very much curtailed by the people [owing to their idolatry of the calf], Act 7:40-41, and was rather rendered at length when they entered into the land of Canaan; Act 7:45, “They shall serve Me,” is the expression used; they shall not, as previously, serve the Egyptians; they shall serve in freedom, as Priests.