3One day while Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, he led the flock across the desert and came to Sinai, the holy mountain.H4872H1961H7462H6629H3503H2859H3548H4080H5090H6629H310H4057H935H2022H430H2722 2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him as a flame coming from the middle of a bush. Moses saw that the bush was on fire but that it was not burning up.H4397H3068H7200H3827H784H8432H5572H7200H5572H1197H784H5572H398 3"This is strange," he thought. "Why isn't the bush burning up? I will go closer and see."H4872H559H5493H7200H1419H4758H4069H5572H1197 4When the LORD saw that Moses was coming closer, he called to him from the middle of the bush and said, "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Yes, here I am."H3068H7200H5493H7200H430H7121H8432H5572H559H4872H4872H559 5God said, "Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground.H559H7126H1988H5394H5275H7272H4725H834H5975H6944H127 6I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." So Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.H559H430H1H430H85H430H3327H430H3290H4872H5641H6440H3372H5027H430 7Then the LORD said, "I have seen how cruelly my people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings,H3068H559H7200H7200H6040H5971H4714H8085H6818H6440H5065H3045H4341 8and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live.H3381H5337H3027H4714H5927H776H2896H776H7342H776H2100H2461H1706H4725H3669H2850H567H6522H2340H2983 9I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I see how the Egyptians are oppressing them.H6818H1121H3478H935H7200H3906H4714H3905 10Now I am sending you to the king of Egypt so that you can lead my people out of his country."H3212H7971H6547H3318H5971H1121H3478H4714 11But Moses said to God, "I am nobody. How can I go to the king and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"H4872H559H430H3212H6547H3318H1121H3478H4714 12God answered, "I will be with you, and when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will worship me on this mountain. That will be the proof that I have sent you."H559H226H3588H7971H3318H5971H4714H5647H430H2022 13But Moses replied, "When I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your ancestors sent me to you,' they will ask me, 'What is his name?' So what can I tell them?"H4872H559H430H935H1121H3478H559H430H1H7971H559H8034H559 14God said, "I am who I am. You must tell them: 'The one who is called I AM has sent me to you.'H430H559H4872H1961H1961H559H559H1121H3478H7971 15Tell the Israelites that I, the LORD, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, have sent you to them. This is my name forever; this is what all future generations are to call me.H430H559H5750H4872H559H1121H3478H3068H430H1H430H85H430H3327H430H3290H7971H8034H5769H2143H1755H1755 16Go and gather the leaders of Israel together and tell them that I, the LORD, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, appeared to you. Tell them that I have come to them and have seen what the Egyptians are doing to them.H3212H622H2205H3478H622H559H3068H430H1H430H85H3327H3290H7200H559H6485H6485H6213H4714 17I have decided that I will bring them out of Egypt, where they are being treated cruelly, and will take them to a rich and fertile land - the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.H559H5927H6040H4714H776H3669H2850H567H6522H2340H2983H776H2100H2461H1706 18"My people will listen to what you say to them. Then you must go with the leaders of Israel to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has revealed himself to us. Now allow us to travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD, our God.'H8085H6963H935H2205H3478H4428H4714H559H3068H430H5680H7136H3212H7969H3117H1870H4057H2076H3068H430 19I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless he is forced to do so.H3045H4428H4714H5414H1980H2389H3027 20But I will use my power and will punish Egypt by doing terrifying things there. After that he will let you go.H7971H3027H5221H4714H6381H6213H7130H310H7971 21"I will make the Egyptians respect you so that when my people leave, they will not go empty-handed.H5414H5971H2580H5869H4714H3212H3212H7387 22Every Israelite woman will go to her Egyptian neighbors and to any Egyptian woman living in her house and will ask for clothing and for gold and silver jewelry. The Israelites will put these things on their sons and daughters and carry away the wealth of the Egyptians."H802H7592H7934H1481H1004H3627H3701H3627H2091H8071H7760H1121H1323H5337H4714
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