Exodus 3:1-22.
Exodus 3:1-22 (GNT)
1One day while Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his
father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, he led the flock across the
desert and came to Sinai, the holy mountain. 2There the angel of the Lord
appeared to him as a flame coming from the middle of a bush. Moses saw
that the bush was on fire but that it was not burning up. 3This is
strange, he thought. Why isn't the bush burning up? I will go closer and
see. 4When the Lord saw that Moses was coming closer, he called to him
from the middle of the bush and said, Moses! Moses!He answered, Yes, here
I am. 5God said, Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because
you are standing on holy ground. 6I am the God of your ancestors, the God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So Moses covered his face, because he was
afraid to look at God. 7Then the Lord said, I have seen how cruelly my
people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued
from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings, 8and so I have
come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt
to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and
the Jebusites now live. 9I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I
see how the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10Now I am sending you to the
king of Egypt so that you can lead my people out of his country. 11But
Moses said to God, I am nobody. How can I go to the king and bring the
Israelites out of Egypt? 12God answered, I will be with you, and when you
bring the people out of Egypt, you will worship me on this mountain. That
will be the proof that I have sent you. 13But Moses replied, When I go to
the Israelites and say to them, The God of your ancestors sent me to you,
they will ask me, What is his name? So what can I tell them? 14God said, I
am who I am. You must tell them: The one who is called I AM has sent me to
you. 15Tell the Israelites that I, the Lord, the God of their ancestors,
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, have sent you to them. This is my
name forever; this is what all future generations are to call me. 16Go and
gather the leaders of Israel together and tell them that I, the Lord, the
God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, appeared to
you. Tell them that I have come to them and have seen what the Egyptians
are doing to them. 17I have decided that I will bring them out of Egypt,
where they are being treated cruelly, and will take them to a rich and
fertile land-the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 18My people will listen to
what you say to them. Then you must go with the leaders of Israel to the
king of Egypt and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has
revealed himself to us. Now allow us to travel three days into the desert
to offer sacrifices to the Lord, our God. 19I know that the king of Egypt
will not let you go unless he is forced to do so. 20But I will use my
power and will punish Egypt by doing terrifying things there. After that
he will let you go. 21I will make the Egyptians respect you so that when
my people leave, they will not go empty-handed. 22Every Israelite woman
will go to her Egyptian neighbors and to any Egyptian woman living in her
house and will ask for clothing and for gold and silver jewelry. The
Israelites will put these things on their sons and daughters and carry
away the wealth of the Egyptians.
father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, he led the flock across the
desert and came to Sinai, the holy mountain. 2There the angel of the Lord
appeared to him as a flame coming from the middle of a bush. Moses saw
that the bush was on fire but that it was not burning up. 3This is
strange, he thought. Why isn't the bush burning up? I will go closer and
see. 4When the Lord saw that Moses was coming closer, he called to him
from the middle of the bush and said, Moses! Moses!He answered, Yes, here
I am. 5God said, Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because
you are standing on holy ground. 6I am the God of your ancestors, the God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So Moses covered his face, because he was
afraid to look at God. 7Then the Lord said, I have seen how cruelly my
people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued
from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings, 8and so I have
come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt
to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and
the Jebusites now live. 9I have indeed heard the cry of my people, and I
see how the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10Now I am sending you to the
king of Egypt so that you can lead my people out of his country. 11But
Moses said to God, I am nobody. How can I go to the king and bring the
Israelites out of Egypt? 12God answered, I will be with you, and when you
bring the people out of Egypt, you will worship me on this mountain. That
will be the proof that I have sent you. 13But Moses replied, When I go to
the Israelites and say to them, The God of your ancestors sent me to you,
they will ask me, What is his name? So what can I tell them? 14God said, I
am who I am. You must tell them: The one who is called I AM has sent me to
you. 15Tell the Israelites that I, the Lord, the God of their ancestors,
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, have sent you to them. This is my
name forever; this is what all future generations are to call me. 16Go and
gather the leaders of Israel together and tell them that I, the Lord, the
God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, appeared to
you. Tell them that I have come to them and have seen what the Egyptians
are doing to them. 17I have decided that I will bring them out of Egypt,
where they are being treated cruelly, and will take them to a rich and
fertile land-the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 18My people will listen to
what you say to them. Then you must go with the leaders of Israel to the
king of Egypt and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has
revealed himself to us. Now allow us to travel three days into the desert
to offer sacrifices to the Lord, our God. 19I know that the king of Egypt
will not let you go unless he is forced to do so. 20But I will use my
power and will punish Egypt by doing terrifying things there. After that
he will let you go. 21I will make the Egyptians respect you so that when
my people leave, they will not go empty-handed. 22Every Israelite woman
will go to her Egyptian neighbors and to any Egyptian woman living in her
house and will ask for clothing and for gold and silver jewelry. The
Israelites will put these things on their sons and daughters and carry
away the wealth of the Egyptians.
God bless you.
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