²Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. ^tAs Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed. ³So Moses thought: I must go over and look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up?

⁴When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses!”

“Here I am,” he answered.

⁵“Do not come closer,” He said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” ^u⁶Then He continued, “I am the God of your father, ^vthe God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” ^wMoses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

⁷Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out ^xbecause of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings. ⁸I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey ^y—the territory of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ^z⁹The Israelites’ cry for help has come to Me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing ^athem. ¹⁰Therefore, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead My people, the Israelites, 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

v3:6 , some read fathers; Ac 7:32

Cross references

t3:2 Dt 33:16; Ac 7:30
u3:5 Jos 5:15; Ac 7:33
w3:6 Gn 28:13; Mt 22:32; Mk 12:26; Lk 20:37; Ac 7:32
x3:7 Ex 2:23–25; Neh 9:9; Ps 106:44
y3:8 Gn 50:24; Ex 6:6
z3:8 Gn 15:18–21; Ex 3:17; 13:5; Dt 1:25; Jr 11:5; Ezk 20:6
a3:9 Ex 1:14; 2:23