Exodus 3

1Now 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 God’s mountain, to Horeb.Cross-references: Ex 2:16 · Ex 2:18 · Ex 2:21 · Ex 3:5 · Ex 4:27 · Ex 17:6 · +17 more

2Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.Cross-references: Gen 15:13 · Gen 16:7 · Gen 22:15 · Gen 48:16 · Ex 3:4 · Ex 3:16 · +16 more

3Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”Cross-references: Job 37:14 · Ps 107:8 · Ps 111:2 · Acts 7:31

4When Yahweh saw that he came over to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”Cross-references: Gen 22:1 · Gen 22:11 · Gen 46:2 · Deut 33:16 · 1Sam 3:4 · 1Sam 3:6 · +6 more

5He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”Cross-references: Gen 28:16 · Ex 19:12 · Ex 19:21 · Lev 10:3 · Josh 5:15 · Eccl 5:1 · +2 more

6Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.Cross-references: Gen 12:1 · Gen 12:7 · Gen 17:3 · Gen 17:7 · Gen 26:24 · Gen 28:13 · +29 more

7Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.Cross-references: Gen 18:21 · Gen 29:32 · Ex 1:11 · Ex 2:23 · Ex 22:23 · 1Sam 9:16 · +9 more

8I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.Cross-references: Gen 11:5 · Gen 11:7 · Gen 13:14 · Gen 15:14 · Gen 15:18 · Gen 18:21 · +34 more

9Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.Cross-references: Ex 1:11 · Ex 1:13 · Ex 1:22 · Ex 2:23 · Ex 3:7 · Ps 12:5 · +6 more

10Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”Cross-references: 1Sam 12:6 · Ps 77:20 · Ps 103:6 · Ps 105:26 · Isa 63:11 · Hos 12:13 · +3 more

11Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”Cross-references: Ex 4:10 · Ex 6:12 · 1Sam 18:18 · 2Sam 7:18 · 1Ki 3:7 · 1Ki 3:9 · +5 more

12He said, “Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”Cross-references: Gen 15:1 · Gen 15:8 · Gen 31:3 · Ex 4:1 · Ex 4:12 · Ex 4:15 · +22 more

13Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?”Cross-references: Gen 32:29 · Ex 3:14 · Ex 15:3 · Judg 13:6 · Judg 13:17 · Prov 30:4 · +5 more

14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”Cross-references: Ex 6:3 · Job 11:7 · Ps 68:4 · Ps 90:2 · Isa 44:6 · Matt 18:20 · +9 more

15God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, 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 to all generations.Cross-references: Gen 17:7 · Ex 3:6 · Ex 4:5 · Deut 1:11 · Deut 1:35 · Deut 4:1 · +14 more

16Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.Cross-references: Gen 1:7 · Gen 21:1 · Gen 50:24 · Ex 2:25 · Ex 3:2 · Ex 4:5 · +17 more

17I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’Cross-references: Gen 15:13 · Gen 46:4 · Gen 50:24 · Ex 2:23 · Ex 3:8 · Josh 24:11

18They will listen to your voice. You shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.’Cross-references: Gen 12:1 · Gen 15:1 · Gen 17:1 · Gen 48:3 · Ex 3:12 · Ex 3:16 · +24 more

19I know that the king of Egypt won’t give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.Cross-references: Ex 5:2 · Ex 6:1 · Ex 7:1 · Ps 136:11 · Isa 63:12

20I will reach out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do among them, and after that he will let you go.Cross-references: Gen 15:14 · Ex 6:1 · Ex 6:6 · Ex 7:3 · Ex 9:15 · Ex 11:1 · +18 more

21I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.Cross-references: Gen 39:21 · Ex 11:3 · Ex 12:36 · Neh 1:11 · Ps 105:37 · Ps 106:46 · +2 more

22But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing. You shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.”Cross-references: Gen 15:14 · Ex 11:2 · Ex 12:35 · Job 27:16 · Ps 105:37 · Prov 13:22 · +2 more