Exodus 3:10-22

The Mission of Moses

10 "Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, 1so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."
11 But Moses said to God, "2Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?"
12 And He said, "Certainly 3I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: 4when you have brought the people out of Egypt, 5you shall worship God at this mountain."
13 Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?"
14 God said to Moses, "6I AM WHO I AM "; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
15 God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, '7The 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 My 8memorial-name to all generations.
16 "Go and 9gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, '10The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "11I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.
17 "So 12I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of 13the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land 14flowing with milk and honey."'
18 "15They will pay heed to what you say; and 16you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a 17three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'
19 "But I know that the king of Egypt 18will not permit you to go, 19except under compulsion *.
20 "So I will stretch out 20My hand and strike Egypt with all My 21miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and 22after that he will let you go.
21 "I will grant this people 23favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.
22 "But every woman 24shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will 25plunder the Egyptians."

Cross References 25

  • 1. Genesis 15:13, 14; Exodus 12:40, 41; Micah 6:4; Acts 7:6, 7
  • 2. Exodus 4:10; Exodus 6:12; 1 Samuel 18:18
  • 3. Genesis 31:3; Exodus 4:12, 15; Exodus 33:14-16; Deuteronomy 31:23; Joshua 1:5; Isaiah 43:2
  • 4. Exodus 19:1
  • 5. Exodus 19:2, 3; Acts 7:7
  • 6. Exodus 6:3; John 8:24, 28, 58; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 4:8
  • 7. Exodus 3:6, 13
  • 8. Psalms 30:4; Psalms 97:12; Psalms 102:12; Psalms 135:13; Hosea 12:5
  • 9. Exodus 4:29
  • 10. Genesis 28:13; Genesis 48:15; Exodus 3:2, 6; Exodus 4:5
  • 11. Exodus 4:31; Psalms 33:18
  • 12. Genesis 15:13-21; Genesis 46:4; Genesis 50:24, 25
  • 13. Joshua 24:11
  • 14. Exodus 3:8
  • 15. Exodus 4:31
  • 16. Exodus 5:1
  • 17. Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:27
  • 18. Exodus 5:2
  • 19. Exodus 6:1
  • 20. Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:4, 5; Exodus 9:15; Exodus 13:3, 9, 14
  • 21. Exodus 7:3; Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 6:22; Nehemiah 9:10; Psalms 105:27; Psalms 135:9; Jeremiah 32:20; Acts 7:36
  • 22. Exodus 11:1; Exodus 12:31-33
  • 23. Exodus 11:3; Exodus 12:36; 1 Kings 8:50; Psalms 105:37; Psalms 106:46; Proverbs 16:7
  • 24. Genesis 15:14; Exodus 11:2; Exodus 12:35
  • 25. Ezekiel 39:10

Footnotes 8

  • [a]. Or "serve"
  • [b]. Related to the name of God, "YHWH," rendered LORD, which is derived from the verb "HAYAH, to be"
  • [c]. Related to the name of God, "YHWH," rendered LORD, which is derived from the verb "HAYAH, to be"
  • [d]. Related to the name of God, "YHWH," rendered LORD, which is derived from the verb "HAYAH, to be"
  • [e]. Lit "to generation of generation"
  • [f]. Lit "Visiting I have visited"
  • [g]. Lit "hear your voice"
  • [h]. Lit "by a strong hand"
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