Exodus 3:2-22

2Then 1the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of 2a 3bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed. 3So Moses said, “4I must turn aside and see this 5marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!” 4When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, 6God 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; 7remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6And He said, “8I am the God of your father--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” 9Then Moses hid his face, for he was 10afraid to look at God.

7And the Lord said, “I have certainly 11seen 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 12to rescue them from the 13power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a 14good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of 15the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9And now, behold, 16the 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, 17so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.” 11But Moses said to God, “18Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?” 12And He said, “Assuredly 19I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: 20when you have brought the people out of Egypt, 21you shall 22worship God at this mountain.”

13Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” 14And God said to Moses, “2324I AM WHO 25I AM”; and He said, “This is what you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘26I AM has sent me to you.’” 15God furthermore said to Moses, “This is what you shall say to the sons of Israel: ‘27The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is the 2829name for 30all generations to use to call upon Me. 16Go and 31gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘32The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has appeared to me, saying, “3334I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt. 17So 35I said, I will bring you up out of the oppression of Egypt to the land of 36the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land 37flowing with milk and honey.”’ 18Then 38they will 39pay attention to what you say; and 40you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please let us go a 41three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19But I know that the king of Egypt 42will not permit you to go, 43except 44under compulsion. 20So I will reach out with 45My hand and strike Egypt with all My 46miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and 47after that he will let you go. 21I will grant this people 48favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. 22But every woman 49shall ask her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will 50plunder the Egyptians.”