Exodus 3:2–10

²And ^ethe Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. ³Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this ^fgreat sight, why the bush does not burn.”

⁴So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called ^gto him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!”

And he said, “Here I am.”

⁵Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. ^hTake your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” ⁶Moreover He said, ⁱ“I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for ^jhe was afraid to look upon God.

⁷And the Lord said: ^k“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry ^lbecause of their taskmasters, ^mfor I know their ¹sorrows. ⁸So ⁿI have come down to ^odeliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land ^pto a good and large land, to a land ^qflowing with milk and honey, to the place of ^rthe Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. ⁹Now therefore, behold, ^sthe cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the ^toppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. ^10uCome now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”