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He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> the mountain of God. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>There the angel<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” <p class="reg">“Here I am,” he answered. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="reg"> At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’<span class="thinq"> </span>” <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’ <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’ <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Moses’ father-in-law <i>Jethro</i><span class="thin"> </span> was also called <i>Reuel</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../exodus/2.htm#18">Exodus 2:18</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>Angel</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Cited in <a href="../acts/7.htm#33">Acts 7:33</a><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Cited in <a href="../matthew/22.htm#32">Matthew 22:32</a>, <a href="../mark/12.htm#26">Mark 12:26</a>, <a href="../luke/20.htm#37">Luke 20:37</a>, and <a href="../acts/7.htm#32">Acts 7:32</a><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Cited in <a href="../acts/7.htm#34">Acts 7:34</a><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Cited in <a href="../acts/7.htm#7">Acts 7:7</a><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Or <i>I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Literally <i>except by a mighty hand</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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