Old Testament · Law

Exodus chapter 3

Now Moses was belonging to his father-in-law , the of . He led the flock past the edge of the wilderness and came to , the mountain of God.There the appeared to him as a flame of fire right in the middle of a . Moses looked, and the bush was blazing with fire but it wasn’t burning up.Moses said to himself, “I need to go over and look at this amazing sight — why isn’t the bush burning up?”When Yahweh saw that Moses had come over to look, called out to him from the middle of the bush: “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “.”God said, “Don’t come any closer. Take off your sandals. The ground you’re standing on .”Then he said, “I am — the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.Yahweh said, “ how are being mistreated in Egypt. I’ve heard them crying out because of their slave drivers. .”So I’ve to them from the Egyptians and bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land — — the territory of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.“And now, look — the of the Israelites has reached me, and I’ve seen how brutally the Egyptians are oppressing them.”“So now, go. I’m sending you to to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”But Moses said to God, “Who am I to go to Pharaoh? Who am I to bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”God said, “. And this will be the proof that I’m the one sending you: when you’ve brought the people out of Egypt, you will all God on this very mountain.”Moses said to God, “Okay, so I go to the Israelites and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you.’ But they’re going to ask me, ‘’ What do I tell them?”God said to Moses, “.” And he said, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘I Am has sent me to you.’”God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: ‘, the God of your ancestors — the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob — has sent me to you.’ . This is how every generation will remember me.”“Go, gather the of Israel together and tell them: ‘Yahweh, the God of your ancestors — the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — appeared to me and said: I’ve been to you and to what’s being done to you in Egypt.’”“And I’ve said: I will bring you up out of the of Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites — a land flowing with milk and honey.”“They will listen to you. Then you and the elders of Israel will go to the king of Egypt and say to him: ‘Yahweh, the God of , has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer to Yahweh our God.’”“But I know that the king of Egypt won’t let you go unless forces him.”“So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the I will do among them. After that, he will let you go.”“And I will make the Egyptians on this people, so when you leave, you won’t leave empty-handed.”Every woman will ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. You’ll put them on your sons and daughters. This is how you will .