¹Moses was taking care of the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. As he led the sheep to the far side of the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

²The Messenger of the Lord appeared to him there as flames of fire coming out of a bush. Moses looked, and although the bush was on fire, it was not burning up. ³So he thought, “Why isn’t this bush burning up? I must go over there and see this strange sight.”

⁴When the Lord saw that Moses had come over to see it, God called to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses!”

Moses answered, “Here I am!”

⁵God said, “Don’t come any closer! Take off your sandals because this place where you are standing is holy ground. ⁶I am the God of your ancestors,^athe God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

⁷The Lord said, “I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt, and I have heard them crying out because of the slave drivers. I know how much they’re suffering. ⁸I have come to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good land with plenty of room ⸤for everyone⸥. It is a land flowing with milk and honey where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live. ⁹I have heard the cry of the people of Israel. I have seen how the Egyptians are oppressing them. ¹⁰Now, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you can bring my people Israel out of Egypt.”

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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.”

Footnotes

a 3:6 Samaritan Pentateuch, Greek, Acts 7:32; Masoretic Text “ancestor.”