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At this retort Moses fled, and became an exile in the land of Mid'ian, where 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 a flame of fire in a bush.
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When Moses saw it he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord came,
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'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
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And the Lord said to him, 'Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
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I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people that are in Egypt and heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.'
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"This Moses whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
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He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
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This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up.'
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This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living oracles to give to us.
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Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,