CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 3 Christian Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CSB</a> > Exodus 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/2.htm" title="Exodus 2">◄</a> Exodus 3 <a href="../exodus/4.htm" title="Exodus 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/exodus/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Exodus.3" /><h3 class="head1">Moses and the Burning Bush</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.3.1.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.3.1.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> the mountain of God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then the angel of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.3" /> <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 look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses! ”</p><p class="scripture">“Here I am,” he answered.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Do not come closer,” he said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he continued, “I am the God of your father,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.3.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said, “I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> — the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> them, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.10" /> <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 so that you may lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But Moses asked God, “Who am I<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He answered, “I will certainly be with you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and this will be the sign to you that I am the one who sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.3.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> God at this mountain.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name? ’ what should I tell them? ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.3.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I have promised you that I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites — a land flowing with milk and honey. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> our God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“However, I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go, even under force from a strong hand.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But when I stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my miracles that I will perform in it, after that, he will let you go.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And I will give these people such favor with the Egyptians that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.3.22" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Each woman will 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.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.3.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Exodus.3" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Exodus.3.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.1">3:1</a></span> Moses’s father-in-law’s first name was <span class="italic">Jethro</span> ; Ex 2:18.</aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.3.1.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.1">3:1</a></span> = Desolation; another name for Mount Sinai; Dt 4:10,15; 18:16; Mal 4:4</aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.3.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.6">3:6</a></span> Sam, some LXX mss read <span class="italic">fathers</span> ; Ac 7:32</aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.3.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.12">3:12</a></span> Or <span class="italic">serve</span></aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.3.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.14">3:14</a></span> Or<span class="italic"> I AM BECAUSE I AM</span>, or <span class="italic">I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Exodus.3" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.1">3:1</a></span> Ex 2:18; 18:5; 1Kg 19:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.2">3:2</a></span> Dt 33:16; Ac 7:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.5">3:5</a></span> Jos 5:15; Ac 7:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.6">3:6</a></span> Gn 28:13; Mt 22:32; Mk 12:26; Lk 20:37; Ac 7:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.7">3:7</a></span> Ex 2:23–25; Neh 9:9; Ps 106:44</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.8">3:8</a></span> Gn 50:24; Ex 6:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.8">3:8</a></span> Gn 15:18–21; Ex 3:17; 13:5; Dt 1:25; Jr 11:5; Ezk 20:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.9">3:9</a></span> Ex 1:14; 2:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.11">3:11</a></span> Ex 6:12; 1Sm 18:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.12">3:12</a></span> Gn 31:3; Jos 1:5; Rm 8:31</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.14">3:14</a></span> Ex 6:3; Ps 68:4; Jn 8:58; Heb 13:8; Rv 1:4; 4:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.15">3:15</a></span> Ps 102:12; 135:13; Hs 12:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.16">3:16</a></span> Ex 4:29; Lk 1:68</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.17">3:17</a></span> Gn 15:16; Jos 24:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.18">3:18</a></span> Ex 4:31; 5:1; Nm 23:3–4,15–16</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.19">3:19</a></span> Ex 5:2; 6:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.20">3:20</a></span> Ex 6:6; 9:15; 12:31; Dt 6:22; Neh 9:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.21">3:21</a></span> Ex 11:3; 12:36</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.3.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.3.22">3:22</a></span> Gn 15:14; Ex 11:2; Ezk 39:10</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Exodus.3" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved. <br><br><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>