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."