3Meanwhile, Moses continued tending the sheep that belonged to his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the sheep to the western desert and came to Horeb, God's mountain, whereH4872H1961H7462H6629H3503H2859H3548H4080H5090H6629H310H4057H935H2022H430H27222the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flaming fire from the center of a bush. As Moses continued to watch, amazingly the bush kept on burning but was not consumed.H4397H3068H7200H3827H784H8432H5572H7200H5572H1197H784H5572H3983Then Moses said to himself, "I'll go over and see this remarkable sight. Why isn't the bush burning up?"2H4872H559H5493H7200H1419H4758H4069H5572H11974When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from the center of the bush, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."H3068H7200H5493H7200H430H7121H8432H5572H559H4872H4872H5595"Do not come any closer," God said. "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground."H559H7126H1988H5394H5275H7272H4725H834H5975H6944H1276Then he said, "I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.H559H430H1H430H85H430H3327H430H3290H4872H5641H6440H3372H5027H4307The Lord said, "I have certainly seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their slave masters. I really do understand their pain,H3068H559H7200H7200H6040H5971H4714H8085H6818H6440H5065H3045H43418so I have come down to deliver them from their domination by the Egyptians and to bring them out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the territory of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.H3381H5337H3027H4714H5927H776H2896H776H7342H776H2100H2461H1706H4725H3669H2850H567H6522H2340H29839Now, listen carefully! The cry of the Israelites has come to my attention about how severely the Egyptians have been oppressing them.H6818H1121H3478H935H7200H3906H4714H390510So go! I am sending you to Pharaoh. Bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt."H3212H7971H6547H3318H5971H1121H3478H471411But Moses said to God, "Who am I - How can I go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"H4872H559H430H3212H6547H3318H1121H3478H471412Then God said, "I certainly will be with you. And this will be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will serve God on this mountain."H559H226H3588H7971H3318H5971H4714H5647H430H202213Moses said to God, "Look, when I go to the Israelites and tell them, 'The God of your ancestors sent me to you,' they'll say to me, 'What is his name?' What should I say to them?"H4872H559H430H935H1121H3478H559H430H1H7971H559H8034H55914God replied to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and then said, "Tell the Israelites: 'I AM sent me to you.'"H430H559H4872H1961H1961H559H559H1121H3478H797115God also said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, 'The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered from generation to generation.H430H559H5750H4872H559H1121H3478H3068H430H1H430H85H430H3327H430H3290H7971H8034H5769H2143H1755H175516Go and gather the elders of Israel. Tell them, 'The Lord, the God of your ancestors, appeared to me - the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - and he said, "I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt.H3212H622H2205H3478H622H559H3068H430H1H430H85H3327H3290H7200H559H6485H6485H6213H471417I have said that I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites - to a land flowing with milk and honey."'3H559H5927H6040H4714H776H3669H2850H567H6522H2340H2983H776H2100H2461H170618"The elders of Israel will listen to you, and then you and they are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now, let us take a three day journey into the desert to sacrifice to the Lord our God.'H8085H6963H935H2205H3478H4428H4714H559H3068H430H5680H7136H3212H7969H3117H1870H4057H2076H3068H43019I know that the king of Egypt won't allow you to go unless compelled to do so by force,H3045H4428H4714H5414H1980H2389H302720so I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do there. After that he will release you.H7971H3027H5221H4714H6381H6213H7130H310H797121I will grant this people public favor with the Egyptians, and as a result, when you leave you won't go empty-handed.H5414H5971H2580H5869H4714H3212H3212H738722Each woman is to ask her neighbor or any foreign woman in her house for articles of gold and for clothing, and use them to clothe your sons and daughters. You will plunder the Egyptians."3H802H7592H7934H1481H1004H3627H3701H3627H2091H8071H7760H1121H1323H5337H4714
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