The Lord appears to Moses at the burning bush—Moses called to deliver Israel from bondage—The Lord identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and as the Great I AM—He promises to smite Egypt and bring his people out with great wealth.

 NOW Moses kept the flock of ^aJethro^• his father in law, the ^bpriest^• of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the ^cmountain^• of God, even to ^dHoreb^•.

 And the ^aangel^• of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of ^bfire^• out of the midst of a ^cbush^•: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God ^acalled^• unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy ^ashoes^• from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is ^bholy^• ground.

 Moreover he said, ^aI am the ^bGod^• of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was ^cafraid^• to ^dlook upon God.

 ¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the ^aaffliction of my people which are in ^bEgypt, and have heard their ^ccry^• by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

 And I am come ^adown to ^bdeliver 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 ^cflowing^• with milk and honey; unto the place of the ^dCanaanites^•, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

 Now therefore, behold, the ^acry^• of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

 Come now therefore, and I will ^asend thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest ^bbring^• forth my people the ^cchildren of Israel ^dout^• of Egypt.

 ¶ And Moses said unto God, ^aWho^• am I, that I should go unto ^bPharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

 And he said, Certainly I will be ^awith^• thee; and this shall be ^ba^• token unto thee, that I have ^csent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this ^dmountain^•.

 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? ^awhat^• shall I say unto them?

 And God said unto Moses, ^aI AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The ^aLORD^• 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 ^bname^• for ever, and ^cthis^• is my ^dmemorial^• unto all generations.

 Go, and gather the ^aelders^• of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely ^bvisited^• you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the ^aaffliction of ^bEgypt^• unto the land of the ^cCanaanites^•, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the ^dJebusites^•, unto a ^eland flowing with milk and honey.

 And they shall ^ahearken^• to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD ^bGod^• of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now ^clet^• us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may ^dsacrifice^• to the LORD our God.

 ¶ And ^aI^• am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, ^bno^•, not by a ^cmighty^• hand.

 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my ^awonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you ^bgo^•.

 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go ^aempty^•:

 But every woman shall ^aborrow^• of her neighbour, 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 ^bspoil^• the Egyptians.