| 3:1 | Now 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.* |
| 3:2 | The angel of the Lord* appeared* to him in* a flame of fire from within a bush.* He looked* – and* the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!* |
| 3:3 | So Moses thought,* “I will turn aside to see* this amazing* sight. Why does the bush not burn up?”* |
| 3:4 | When the Lord* saw that* he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!”* And Moses* said, “Here I am.” |
| 3:5 | God* said, “Do not approach any closer!* Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy* ground.”* |
| 3:6 | He 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. |
| 3:7 | The Lord said, “I have surely seen* the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.* |
| 3:8 | I 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.* |
| 3:9 | And now indeed* the cry* of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.* |
| 3:10 | So now go, and I will send you* to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” |
| 3:11 | Moses said* to God,* “Who am I, that I should go* to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” |
| 3:12 | He 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.” |
| 3:13 | Moses 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?” |
| 3:14 | God said to Moses, “I am that I am.”* And he said, “You must say this* to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’” |
| 3:15 | God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘The 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 my memorial from generation to generation.’* |
| 3:16 | “Go and bring together* the elders of Israel and tell them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers,* appeared* to me – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – saying, “I have attended carefully* to you and to what has been done* to you in Egypt, |
| 3:17 | and 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.”’ |
| 3:18 | “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 Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met* with us. So now, let us go* three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice* to the Lord our God.’ |
| 3:19 | But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go,* not even under force.* |
| 3:20 | So 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.* |
| 3:21 | “I will grant this people favor with* the Egyptians, so that when* you depart you will not leave empty-handed. |
| 3:22 | Every* 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!”* |
Exodus 3 - NET Bible [draft]
