1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
2The angel of the
3So Moses thought, “I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?”
4When the
5God said, “Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
6He added, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
7The
8I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
9And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.
10So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”
11Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12He replied, “Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God on this mountain.”
13Moses said to God, “If I go to the Israelites and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ – what should I say to them?”
14God said to Moses, “
15God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘The
16“Go and bring together the elders of Israel and tell them, ‘The
17and I have promised that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
18“The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The
19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.
20So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.
21“I will grant this people favor with the Egyptians, so that when you depart you will not leave empty-handed.
22Every woman will ask her neighbor and the one who happens to be staying in her house for items of silver and gold and for clothing. You will put these articles on your sons and daughters – thus you will plunder Egypt!”