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"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his relatives, the Israelites.
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When he saw one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.
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He supposed that his kinsfolk would understand that God through him was rescuing them, but they did not understand.
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The next day he came to some of them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, "Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong each other?'
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But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, "Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
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Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
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When he heard this, Moses fled and became a resident alien in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.
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"Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
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When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight; and as he approached to look, there came the voice of the Lord:
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"I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.
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Then the Lord said to him, "Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.