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When Moses saw
it, he wondered at the vision; and as he drew near to consider
it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
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saying, I
am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and dared not to behold.
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Then the Lord said to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet; for the place where thou dost stand is holy ground.
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I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
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This Moses, whom they had refused, saying, Who made thee a prince and a judge? the same did God send as prince and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
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He brought them out, showing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
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This is that Moses, who said unto the sons of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me; him shall ye hear.
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This is he, who was in the
congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the Mount Sinai and
with our fathers, who received the oracles of life to give unto us;
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to whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust
him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
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saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; for
as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
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And then they made a calf and offered sacrifice unto the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.