²^*There 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. ³^*“This is strange,” he thought. “Why isn’t the bush burning up? I will go closer and see.”

⁴^*When 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.”

⁵^*God said, “Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground. ⁶^*I 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.

⁷^*Then 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, ⁸^*and 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. ⁹^*I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I see how the Egyptians are oppressing them. ¹⁰^*Now I am sending you to the king of Egypt so that you can lead my people out of his country.”

Read in Logos

Exodus 3:4–5: When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

Cross references

*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34
*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34
*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34
*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34
*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34
*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34
*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34
*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34
*3.2–10: Ac 7:30–34