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The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Exodus 03
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of
Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the
wilderness, and came to God’s mountain,
to Horeb.
2 Yahweh’s† angel appeared to him in a
flame offire out ofthe middle of a bush. He
looked, and behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 Moses said, “I will go now, and see this
great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
4 WhenYahwehsaw thathe came over to
see, God called to him out of the middle of
the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!”
He said, “Here I am.”
5 He said, “Don’t come close. Take off
your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
6 Moreover he said, “I am the God of your
father, 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.
7 Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the
affliction of my people who are in Egypt,
and have heard their cry because of their
taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
8 I have come down to deliver them out
of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring
them up out of that land to a good and
large land, to a land flowing with milk
and honey; to the place of the Canaanite,
the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite.
9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of
Israel has come to me. Moreover I have
seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send
you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my
people,the childrenofIsrael, out of Egypt.”
11 Moses said to God, “Who am I, that
I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should
bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
12 He said, “Certainly I will be with you.
This will be the token to you, that I have
sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God onthis
mountain.”
13 Moses said to God, “Behold, when I
come to the children of Israel, and tell
them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent
me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his
name?’ what should I tell them?”
14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,”
and he said, “You shall tell the children of
Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
15 God said moreover to Moses, “You
shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my
name forever, and this is my memorial to
all generations.
16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of
your fathers, the God of Abraham, ofIsaac,
and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying,
“I have surely visited you, and seen that
which is done to you in Egypt.
17 I have said, I will bring you up out
of the affliction of Egypt to the land of
the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a
land flowing with milk and honey.” ’
18 They will listen to your voice. You
shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to
the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him,
‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met
with us. Now please let us go three days’
journey into the wilderness, that we may
sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.’
19 I know that the king of Egypt won’t
give you permission to go, no, not by a
mighty hand.
20 I will reach out my hand and strike
Egypt with all my wonders which I will do
among them, and after that he will let you
go.
21 I will give this people favor in the
sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen
that when you go, you shall not go emptyhanded.
22 But every woman shall ask of her
neighbor, and of her who visits her house,
jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing. You shall put them on your sons, and
on your daughters. You shall plunder the
Egyptians.”
3:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
Word English Bible
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