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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.
02 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.
03 And Moses said, I will now turn aside,
and see this great sight, why the bush is not
burnt.
04 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.
05 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put
off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou standest is holy ground.
06 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.
07 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;
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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