Exodus 3:1-15.
Exodus 3.1-15
God Speaks to Moses
"One day, Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his
father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and Moses decided to lead
them across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain. There an angel of
the Lord appeared to him from a burning bush. Moses saw that the bush
was on fire, but it was not burning up. "This is strange!" he said to
himself. "I'll go over and see why the bush isn't burning up."
When the Lord saw Moses coming near the bush, he called him by name,
and Moses answered, "Here I am."
God replied, "Don't come any closer. Take off your sandals-the ground
where you are standing is holy. I am the God who was worshiped by
your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face.
The Lord said:
I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have
heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being
mistreated. I feel sorry for them, and I have come down to rescue
them from the Egyptians.
I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good
land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the
Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now
live. My people have begged for my help, and I have seen how cruel
the Egyptians are to them. Now go to the king! I am sending you to
lead my people out of his country.
But Moses said, "Who am I to go to the king and lead your people out of Egypt?"
God replied, "I will be with you. And you will know that I am the one
who sent you, when you worship me on this mountain after you have led
my people out of Egypt."
Moses answered, "I will tell the people of Israel that the God their
ancestors worshiped has sent me to them. But what should I say, if
they ask me your name?"
God said to Moses:
I am the eternal God. So tell them that the Lord, whose name is "I
Am," has sent you. This is my name forever, and it is the name that
people must use from now on."
God bless you.
God Speaks to Moses
"One day, Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his
father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and Moses decided to lead
them across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain. There an angel of
the Lord appeared to him from a burning bush. Moses saw that the bush
was on fire, but it was not burning up. "This is strange!" he said to
himself. "I'll go over and see why the bush isn't burning up."
When the Lord saw Moses coming near the bush, he called him by name,
and Moses answered, "Here I am."
God replied, "Don't come any closer. Take off your sandals-the ground
where you are standing is holy. I am the God who was worshiped by
your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face.
The Lord said:
I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have
heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being
mistreated. I feel sorry for them, and I have come down to rescue
them from the Egyptians.
I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good
land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the
Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now
live. My people have begged for my help, and I have seen how cruel
the Egyptians are to them. Now go to the king! I am sending you to
lead my people out of his country.
But Moses said, "Who am I to go to the king and lead your people out of Egypt?"
God replied, "I will be with you. And you will know that I am the one
who sent you, when you worship me on this mountain after you have led
my people out of Egypt."
Moses answered, "I will tell the people of Israel that the God their
ancestors worshiped has sent me to them. But what should I say, if
they ask me your name?"
God said to Moses:
I am the eternal God. So tell them that the Lord, whose name is "I
Am," has sent you. This is my name forever, and it is the name that
people must use from now on."
God bless you.
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