Exodus 3
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Exodus 3:2-22

2Then 1the angelH4397 of the LordH3068 appearedH7200 to him in a blazingH3852 fireH784 from the midstH8432 of 2a 3bushH5572; and he lookedH7200, and beholdH2009, the bushH5572 was burningH1197 with fireH784, yet the bushH5572 was not being consumedH398. 3So MosesH4872 saidH559, “4I must turnH5493 asideH5493 and seeH7200 thisH2088 5marvelousH1419 sightH4758, whyH4069 the bushH5572 is not burningH1197 upH1197!” 4When the LordH3068 sawH7200 that he turnedH5493 asideH5493 to lookH7200, 6GodH430 calledH7121 to him from the midstH8432 of the bushH5572 and saidH559, “MosesH4872, MosesH4872!” And he saidH559, “HereH2009 I am.” 5Then He saidH559, “Do not comeH7126 nearH7126 hereH1988; 7removeH5394 your sandalsH5275 from your feetH7272, for the placeH4725 on whichH834 you are standingH5975 is holyH6944 groundH127.” 6And He saidH559, “8I am the GodH430 of your fatherH1--the GodH430 of AbrahamH85, the GodH430 of IsaacH3327, and the GodH430 of JacobH3290.” 9Then MosesH4872 hidH5641 his faceH6440, for he wasH3372 10afraidH3372 to lookH5027 at GodH430.

7And the LordH3068 saidH559, “I have certainlyH7200 11seenH7200 the oppressionH6040 of My peopleH5971 whoH834 are in EgyptH4714, and have heardH8085 their outcryH6818 becauseH4480H6440 of their taskmastersH5065, for I amH3045 awareH3045 of their sufferingsH4341. 8So I have comeH3381 downH3381 12to rescueH5337 them from the 13powerH3027 of the EgyptiansH4714, and to bringH5927 them upH5927 from that landH776 to a 14goodH2896 and spaciousH7342 landH776, to a landH776 flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706, to the placeH4725 of 15the CanaaniteH3669, the HittiteH2850, the AmoriteH567, the PerizziteH6522, the HiviteH2340, and the JebusiteH2983. 9And nowH6258, beholdH2009, 16the cryH6818 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 has comeH935 to Me; furthermoreH1571, I have seenH7200 the oppressionH3906 with whichH834 the EgyptiansH4714 are oppressingH3905 them. 10And nowH6258 comeH1980, and I will sendH7971 you to PharaohH6547, 17so that you may bringH3318 My peopleH5971, the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, out of EgyptH4714.” 11But MosesH4872 saidH559 to GodH430, “18WhoH4310 am I, that I should goH1980 to PharaohH6547, and that I should bringH3318 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 outH3318 of EgyptH4714?” 12And He saidH559, “AssuredlyH3588 19I will be with you, and thisH2088 shall be the signH226 to you that it is I who have sentH7971 you: 20when you have broughtH3318 the peopleH5971 outH3318 of EgyptH4714, 21you shall 22worshipH5647 GodH430 at thisH2088 mountainH2022.”

13Then MosesH4872 saidH559 to GodH430, “BeholdH2009, I am goingH935 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, and I will sayH559 to them, ‘The GodH430 of your fathersH1 has sentH7971 me to you.’ Now they may sayH559 to me, ‘WhatH4100 is His nameH8034?’ WhatH4100 shall I sayH559 to them?” 14And GodH430 saidH559 to MosesH4872, “2324I AMH1961 WHOH834 25I AMH1961”; and He saidH559, “ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 you shall sayH559 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478: ‘26I AMH1961 has sentH7971 me to you.’” 15GodH430 furthermoreH5750 saidH559 to MosesH4872, “ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 you shall sayH559 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478: ‘27The LordH3068, the GodH430 of your fathersH1, the GodH430 of AbrahamH85, the GodH430 of IsaacH3327, and the GodH430 of JacobH3290, has sentH7971 me to you.’ ThisH2088 is My nameH8034 foreverH5769, and thisH2088 is the 2829nameH2143 for 30allH1755 generationsH1755 to use to callH2143 uponH2143 Me. 16GoH1980 and 31gatherH622 the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 together and sayH559 to them, ‘32The LordH3068, the GodH430 of your fathersH1, the GodH430 of AbrahamH85, IsaacH3327, and JacobH3290 has appearedH7200 to me, sayingH559, “3334I amH6485 indeedH6485 concernedH6485 about you and what has been doneH6213 to you in EgyptH4714. 17So 35I saidH559, I will bringH5927 you upH5927 out of the oppressionH6040 of EgyptH4714 to the landH776 of 36the CanaaniteH3669, the HittiteH2850, the AmoriteH567, the PerizziteH6522, the HiviteH2340, and the JebusiteH2983, to a landH776 37flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706.”’ 18Then 38they will 39payH8085 attentionH8085 to whatH6963 you sayH6963; and 40you with the eldersH2205 of IsraelH3478 will comeH935 to the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714, and you will sayH559 to him, ‘The LordH3068, the GodH430 of the HebrewsH5680, has metH7136 with us. So nowH6258, pleaseH4994 let us goH1980 a 41threeH7969 days’H3117 journeyH1870 into the wildernessH4057, so that we may sacrificeH2076 to the LordH3068 our GodH430.’ 19But I knowH3045 that the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 42will not permitH5414 you to goH1980, 43exceptH3808 44under compulsionH2389H3027. 20So I will reachH7971 outH7971 with 45My handH3027 and strikeH5221 EgyptH4714 with allH3605 My 46miraclesH6381 whichH834 I shall doH6213 in the midstH7130 of it; and 47afterH310 that he will let you goH7971. 21I will grantH5414 thisH2088 peopleH5971 48favorH2580 in the sightH5869 of the EgyptiansH4714; and it shall be that when you goH1980, you will not goH1980 empty-handedH7387. 22But every womanH802 49shall askH7592 her neighborH7934 and the woman who livesH1481 in her houseH1004 for articlesH3627 of silverH3701 and articlesH3627 of goldH2091, and clothingH8071; and you will putH7760 them on your sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323. So you will 50plunderH5337 the EgyptiansH4714.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 3:2 Gen 16:7-11; 21:17; 22:11, 15; Ex 3:4-11, 16; Judg 13:13-21; Acts 7:30 ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 3:2 Lit the ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 3:2 Deut 33:16; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:30 ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 3:3 Acts 7:31 ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 3:3 Lit great ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 3:4 Ex 4:5 ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 3:5 Josh 5:15; Acts 7:33 ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 3:6 Gen 28:13; Ex 3:16; 4:5; Matt 22:32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37 ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 3:6 Acts 7:32 ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 3:6 Judg 13:22; Rev 1:17 ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 3:7 Ex 2:25; Neh 9:9; Ps 106:44; Is 63:9; Acts 7:34 ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 3:8 Gen 15:13-16; 46:4; 50:24, 25; Ex 6:6-8; 12:51 ↩
  13. 13. Exodus 3:8 Lit hand ↩
  14. 14. Exodus 3:8 Ex 3:17; 13:5; Num 13:27; Deut 1:25; 8:7-9; Jer 11:5; Ezek 20:6 ↩
  15. 15. Exodus 3:8 Gen 15:19-21; Josh 24:11 ↩
  16. 16. Exodus 3:9 Ex 2:23 ↩
  17. 17. Exodus 3:10 Gen 15:13, 14; Ex 12:40, 41; Mic 6:4; Acts 7:6, 7 ↩
  18. 18. Exodus 3:11 Ex 4:10; 6:12; 1 Sam 18:18 ↩
  19. 19. Exodus 3:12 Gen 31:3; Ex 4:12, 15; 33:14-16; Deut 31:23; Josh 1:5; Is 43:2 ↩
  20. 20. Exodus 3:12 Ex 19:1 ↩
  21. 21. Exodus 3:12 Ex 19:2, 3; Acts 7:7 ↩
  22. 22. Exodus 3:12 Or serve ↩
  23. 23. Exodus 3:14 Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be ↩
  24. 24. Exodus 3:14 Ex 6:3; John 8:24, 28, 58; Heb 13:8; Rev 1:8; 4:8 ↩
  25. 25. Exodus 3:14 Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be ↩
  26. 26. Exodus 3:14 Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be ↩
  27. 27. Exodus 3:15 Ex 3:6, 13 ↩
  28. 28. Exodus 3:15 I.e., name used in prayer, vows, and ceremony ↩
  29. 29. Exodus 3:15 Ps 30:4; 97:12; 102:12; 135:13; Hos 12:5 ↩
  30. 30. Exodus 3:15 Lit generation of generation ↩
  31. 31. Exodus 3:16 Ex 4:29 ↩
  32. 32. Exodus 3:16 Gen 28:13; 48:15; Ex 3:2, 6; 4:5 ↩
  33. 33. Exodus 3:16 Lit Visiting I have visited ↩
  34. 34. Exodus 3:16 Ex 4:31; Ps 33:18f ↩
  35. 35. Exodus 3:17 Gen 15:13-21; 46:4; 50:24, 25 ↩
  36. 36. Exodus 3:17 Josh 24:11 ↩
  37. 37. Exodus 3:17 Ex 3:8 ↩
  38. 38. Exodus 3:18 Ex 4:31 ↩
  39. 39. Exodus 3:18 Lit hear your voice ↩
  40. 40. Exodus 3:18 Ex 5:1 ↩
  41. 41. Exodus 3:18 Ex 5:3; 8:27 ↩
  42. 42. Exodus 3:19 Ex 5:2 ↩
  43. 43. Exodus 3:19 Ex 6:1 ↩
  44. 44. Exodus 3:19 Lit by a strong hand ↩
  45. 45. Exodus 3:20 Ex 6:1; 7:4, 5; 9:15; 13:3, 9, 14 ↩
  46. 46. Exodus 3:20 Ex 7:3; 15:11; Deut 6:22; Neh 9:10; Ps 105:27; 135:9; Jer 32:20; Acts 7:36 ↩
  47. 47. Exodus 3:20 Ex 11:1; 12:31-33 ↩
  48. 48. Exodus 3:21 Ex 11:3; 12:36; 1 Kin 8:50; Ps 105:37f; 106:46; Prov 16:7 ↩
  49. 49. Exodus 3:22 Gen 15:14; Ex 11:2; 12:35 ↩
  50. 50. Exodus 3:22 Ezek 39:10 ↩

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