| 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 the mountain of God, unto Horeb. 2 And the angel of Jehovah
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 turn aside now, and see this great
sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when Jehovah 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 Jehovah said, I have surely seen the
affliction of my people that 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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and
the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9 And now, behold, the
cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have 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 the 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,
Jehovah, the 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 forever, and this is
my memorial unto all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel
together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath 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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and
the Hivite, and the Jebusite, 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, Jehovah,
the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee,
three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our
God. 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go,
no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will put forth 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 favor 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 ask of her neighbor, 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
despoil the Egyptians.
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