Exodus Chapter 3

Exodus Chapter 3
1 When Moses kept the sheep of Jethro
his father in law, priest of Midian, and
drove the flock to the backside of the
desert, and came to the Mountain of
God, Horeb,
2 Then the angel of the Lord 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 Therefore Moses said, I will turn
aside now, and see this great sight, why
the bush burneth not.
4 And when the Lord saw that he turned
aside to see, God called unto him out of
the midst of the bush, and said, Moses,
Moses. And he answered, I am here.
5 Then he said, Come not hither, put thy
shoes 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. Then
Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to
look upon God.
7 Then the Lord said, I have surely seen
the trouble of my people, which are in
Egypt, and have heard their cry, because
of their taskmasters: for I know their
sorrows.
8 Therefore I am come down to deliver
them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them out of that land into a
good land and a large, into a land that
floweth with milk and honey, even into
the place of the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites.
9 And now lo, the cry of the children of
Israel is come unto me, and I have also
seen the oppression, wherewith the
Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now
therefore, and I will send thee unto
Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring my
people the children of Israel out of
Egypt.
11 But Moses said unto God, Who am I,
that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I
should bring the children of Israel out of
Egypt?
12 And he answered, Certainly I will be
with thee: and this shall be a token unto
thee, that I have sent thee, After that thou
hast brought the people out of Egypt, ye
shall serve God upon this mountain.
13 Then Moses said unto God, Behold,
when I shall come unto the children of
Israel, and shall say unto them, The God
of your fathers hath sent me unto you: if
they say unto me, What is his name?
What answer shall I give them?
14 And God answered Moses, I AM
THAT I AM. Also he said, Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM
hath sent me unto you.
15 And God spake further unto Moses,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of
Israel, The Lord 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 forever, and this is my
memorial unto all ages.
16 Go and gather the elders of Israel
together, and thou shalt say unto them,
The Lord God of your fathers, the God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob appeared
unto me, and said, I have surely
remembered you, and that which is done
to you in Egypt.
17 Therefore I did say, I will bring you
out of the affliction of Egypt unto the
land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a
land that floweth with milk and honey.
18 Then shall they obey thy voice, and
thou and the elders of Israel shall go
unto the king of Egypt, and say unto him,
The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met
with us: we pray thee now therefore, let
us go three days journey in the
wilderness, that we may sacrifice unto
the Lord our God.
19 But I know, that the king of Egypt
will not let you go, but by strong hand.
20 Therefore will I stretch out mine hand
and smite Egypt with all my wonders,
which I will do in the midst thereof: and
after that shall he let you go. 21 And I
will make this people to be favored of
the Egyptians: so that when ye go, ye
shall not go empty.
22 For 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
on your sons, and on your daughters, and
shall spoil the Egyptians.