30 “And when* forty years had been completed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush. 31 And when* Moses saw it,* he was astonished at the sight, and when* he approached to look at it,* the voice of the Lord came: 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob!’n So Moses began trembling and* did not dare to look at it.* 33 And the Lord said to him, ‘Untie the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. 34 ⌊I have certainly seen⌋o the mistreatment of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’p 35 This Moses whom they had repudiated, saying, ‘Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?’q—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer with ⌊the help⌋r of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

37 “This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’s 38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and who with our fathers received living oracles to give to us,