Exodus 3
3
Moses and the Burning Bush
1Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro. Jethro was the priest of Midian. Moses led the flock to the western side of the desert. He came to Horeb. It was the mountain of God. 2There the angel of the Lord appeared to him from inside a burning bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire. But it didn’t burn up. 3So Moses thought, “I’ll go over and see this strange sight. Why doesn’t the bush burn up?”
4The Lord saw that Moses had gone over to look. So God spoke to him from inside the bush. He called out, “Moses! Moses!”
“Here I am,” Moses said.
5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals. The place you are standing on is holy ground.” 6He continued, “I am the God of your father. I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard that, he turned his face away. He was afraid to look at God.
7The Lord said, “I have seen how my people are suffering in Egypt. I have heard them cry out because of their slave drivers. I am concerned about their suffering. 8So I have come down to save them from the Egyptians. I will bring them up out of that land. I will bring them into a good land. It has a lot of room. It is a land that has plenty of milk and honey. The Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites live there. 9And now Israel’s cry for help has reached me. I have seen how badly the Egyptians are treating them. 10So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh. I want you to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. They are my people.”
11But Moses spoke to God. “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?” he said. “Who am I that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12God said, “I will be with you. I will give you a sign. It will prove that I have sent you. When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship me on this mountain.”
13Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the people of Israel. Suppose I say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ And suppose they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?”
14God said to Moses, “I am who I am. Here is what you must say to the Israelites. Tell them, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”
15God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord is the God of your fathers. He has sent me to you. He is the God of Abraham. He is the God of Isaac. And he is the God of Jacob.’ My name will always be The Lord. Call me this name for all time to come.
16“Go. Gather the elders of Israel together. Say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, appeared to me. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. God said, “I have watched over you. I have seen what the Egyptians have done to you. 17I have promised to bring you up out of Egypt where you are suffering. I will bring you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. It is a land that has plenty of milk and honey.” ’
18“The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt. You must say to him, ‘The Lord has met with us. He is the God of the Hebrews. Let us take a journey that lasts about three days. We want to go into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.’ 19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you and your people go. Only a mighty hand could make him do that. 20So I will reach out my hand. I will strike the Egyptians with all the amazing things I will do. After that, their king will let you go.
21“I will cause the Egyptians to treat you in a kind way. Then when you leave, you will not go with your hands empty. 22Every woman should ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for things made out of silver and gold. Ask them for clothes too. Put them on your children. In that way, you will take the wealth of Egypt along with you.”
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Exodus 3
3
Moses at the Burning Bush
1Now Moses was tending the flock of #Ex. 4:18Jethro his father-in-law, #Ex. 2:16the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to #Ex. 17:6; 1 Kin. 19:8Horeb, #Ex. 18:5the mountain of God. 2And #Deut. 33:16; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:30the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. 3Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this #Acts 7:31great sight, why the bush does not burn.”
4So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called #Ex. 4:5; Deut. 33:16to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
5Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. #Josh. 5:15; Acts 7:33Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” 6Moreover He said, #Gen. 28:13; Ex. 3:16; 4:5; (Matt. 22:32; Mark 12:26, 27; Luke 20:37, 38); Acts 7:32“I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for #1 Kin. 19:13he was afraid to look upon God.
7And the Lord said: #Ex. 2:23–25; Neh. 9:9; Ps. 106:44“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry #Ex. 1:11because of their taskmasters, #Gen. 18:21; Ex. 2:25for I know their sorrows. 8So #Gen. 15:13–16; 46:4; 50:24, 25I have come down to #Ex. 6:6–8; 12:51deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to #Num. 13:27; Deut. 1:25; 8:7–9; Josh. 3:17a good and large land, to a land #Ex. 3:17; 13:5; Jer. 11:5; Ezek. 20:6flowing with milk and honey, to the place of #Gen. 15:19–21; Josh. 24:11the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 9Now therefore, behold, #Ex. 2:23the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the #Ex. 1:11, 13, 14oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10#Gen. 15:13, 14; Ex. 12:40, 41; (Mic. 6:4); Acts 7:6, 7Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
11But Moses said to God, #Ex. 4:10; 6:12; 1 Sam. 18:18“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
12So He said, #Gen. 31:3; Ex. 4:12, 15; 33:14–16; Deut. 31:23; Josh. 1:5; Is. 43:2; Rom. 8:31“I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a #Ex. 4:8; 19:3sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
13Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”
14And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, #(Ex. 6:3; John 8:24, 28, 58; Heb. 13:8; Rev. 1:8; 4:8)‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” 15Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is #Ps. 30:4; 97:12; 102:12; 135:13; (Hos. 12:5)My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’ 16Go and #Ex. 4:29gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, #Gen. 50:24; Ex. 2:25; 4:31; Ps. 33:18; Luke 1:68“I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt; 17and I have said #Gen. 15:13–21; 46:4; 50:24, 25I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’ 18Then #Ex. 4:31they will heed your voice; and #Ex. 5:1, 3you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has #Num. 23:3, 4, 15, 16met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19But I am sure that the king of Egypt #Ex. 5:2will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. 20So I will #Ex. 6:6; 9:15stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with #Deut. 6:22; Neh. 9:10; Ps. 105:27; 135:9; Jer. 32:20; Acts 7:36all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and #Ex. 11:1; 12:31–37after that he will let you go. 21And #Ex. 11:3; 12:36; 1 Kin. 8:50; Ps. 105:37; 106:46; (Prov. 16:7)I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed. 22#Ex. 11:2But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, #Ex. 33:6articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So #Job 27:17; Prov. 13:22; (Ezek. 39:10)you shall plunder the Egyptians.”
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