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And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,
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I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
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And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
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I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
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This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent [to be] both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
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This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
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This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
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This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:
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to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,
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saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
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And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.