Exodus 3:1-10

1Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law 1Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the 2west side of the wilderness and came to 3Horeb, the 4mountain of God. 2Then 5the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of 6a 7bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed. 3So Moses said, “8I must turn aside and see this 9marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!” 4When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, 10God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5Then He said, “Do not come near here; 11remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6And He said, “12I am the God of your father--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” 13Then Moses hid his face, for he was 14afraid to look at God.

7And the Lord said, “I have certainly 15seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings. 8So I have come down 16to rescue them from the 17power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a 18good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of 19the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9And now, behold, 20the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10And now come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, 21so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”