The Burning Bush
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the
1mountain of God.
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2And
3the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
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And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. ”
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When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see,
4God called to him
5out of the bush, “Moses, Moses! ” And he said, “Here I am. ”
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Then he said, “Do not come near;
6take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. ”
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And he said,
7“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
8he was afraid to look at God.
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Then the Lord said,
9“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their
10taskmasters. I know their sufferings,
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and
11I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and
12to bring them up out of that land to a
13good and broad land, a land
14flowing with milk and honey, to the place of
15the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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And now, behold,
16the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the
17oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
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18Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. ”
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But Moses said to God,
19“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt? ”
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He said,
20“But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt,
21you shall serve God on this mountain. ”