Exodus 3
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the
mountain of God, unto Horeb.
2 And the angel of Jehovah 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 turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush
is not burnt.
4 And when Jehovah 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 Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that 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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
9 And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I
have 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 the 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, Jehovah, the 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, Jehovah, the
God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath 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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and
the Hivite, and the Jebusite, 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, Jehovah, the God
of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days'
journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.
19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a
mighty hand.
20 And I will put forth 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 favor 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 ask of her neighbor, 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 despoil the Egyptians.