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Exo. 3 :1 3:1 Now ¹Moses was shepherding 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 ^amountain of God, to Horeb.

Exo. 3 :2 3:2 ^aAnd the ^1bAngel of Jehovah appeared to him in a ²flame of fire out of the midst of a ^2cthornbush. And when he looked, there was the thornbush, burning with fire; but the thornbush was not consumed.

Exo. 3 :3 3:3 And Moses said, I must turn aside now and see this great sight, why the thornbush does not burn up.

Exo. 3 :4 3:4 And when Jehovah saw that he had turned aside to look, God ^acalled to him out of the midst of the ^bthornbush and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am.

Exo. 3 :5 3:5 And He said, Do not come near here. Remove your ^asandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is ^bholy ground.

Exo. 3 :6 3:6 And He said, I am the God of your father, the ^1aGod of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Exo. 3 :7 3:7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the ^aaffliction of My people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their ^btaskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Exo. 3 :8 3:8 And I have ^acome down to ^1bdeliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to ^1cbring them up out of that land to a ^dgood and spacious land, to a land flowing with ^2emilk and honey, to the place of the ^fCanaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

Exo. 3 :9 3:9 And now the ^acry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the ^boppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Exo. 3 :10 3:10 So come now, and I will ^asend you to Pharaoh, that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

Exo. 3 :11 3:11 But Moses said to God, ^1aWho am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?

Exo. 3 :12 3:12 And He said, Surely I will be ^awith you, and this shall be the sign for you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will serve God upon this ¹mountain.

Exo. 3 :13 3:13 Then Moses said to God, If I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? what shall I say to them?

Exo. 3 :14 3:14 And God said to Moses, ^1aI AM WHO I AM. And He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ^bI AM has sent me to you.

Exo. 3 :15 3:15 And God also said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ¹Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of ^aAbraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My ^bname forever, and this is My ^cmemorial from generation to generation.

Exo. 3 :16 3:16 Go, and gather the ^aelders of Israel together, and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the ^bGod of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, I have surely ^cvisited you and seen what is being done to you in Egypt.

Exo. 3 :17 3:17 And I say, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the ^aCanaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with ^bmilk and honey.

Exo. 3 :18 3:18 And they will listen to your voice. And you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, ^aJehovah, the God of the ¹Hebrews, has met with us; and now let us go a ²three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may ^bsacrifice to Jehovah our God.

Exo. 3 :19 3:19 But I know that the king of Egypt will ^anot let you go unless compelled by a ^bmighty hand.

Exo. 3 :20 3:20 So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My ^awonders which I will perform in the midst of it, and after that he will ^blet you go.

Exo. 3 :21 3:21 And I will give this people ^afavor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.

Exo. 3 :22 3:22 But every woman will ask of her neighbor and of any woman living in her house for ^aarticles of silver and aarticles of gold and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and on your daughters, and thus ^1bplunder the Egyptians.