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Exodus 3
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro
his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to
the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even
to Horeb.
2 And the angel of the LORD appeared
unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he
looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was
not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn
aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the LORD saw that he
turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither:
put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou
standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of
thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And the LORD said, I have surely
seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their
sorrows;
8 And I am come
down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to
bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a
large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of
the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of
the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the
oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will
send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people
the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I,
that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the
children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be
with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent
thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye
shall serve God upon this mountain.
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold,
when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them,
The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say
to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, I
AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15 And God said moreover unto Moses,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD God of
your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and
this is my memorial unto all generations.
16 Go, and gather the elders of
Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me,
saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to
you in Egypt:
17 And I have said, I will bring you
up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land
flowing with milk and honey.
18 And they shall hearken to thy
voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto
the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the
Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee,
three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to
the LORD our God.
19 And I am sure that the king of
Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
20 And I will stretch out my hand,
and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst
thereof: and after that he will let you go.
21 And
I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and
it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.
22 But
every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that
sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your
daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.