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16 So Paul stood up. He raised his hand towards the people so that they would listen to him. Then he said to them, ‘Some of you are Jews, like us. Some of you are Gentiles who now worship our God. All of you, listen carefully to me.

17 The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors to be his people. While they lived in Egypt, God caused his people to become a very large group. They lived as foreign people in Egypt. But God used his great power to bring them out from that country.[a] 18 The people of Israel did not obey God. But God took care of them in the wilderness for 40 years.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:17 We can read about the Israelites when they left Egypt in Exodus 12.