1. 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.
2. 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.
3. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great
sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4. 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.
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 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;
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 Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites.
9. 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.
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.
