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Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law ^(C1)Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the ^(F1)west side of the wilderness and came to ^(C2)Horeb, the ^(C3)mountain of God.

Then ^(C1)the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of ^(F1)a ^(C2)bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed.

So Moses said, "^(C1)I must turn aside and see this ^(F1)marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!"

When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, ^(C1)God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."

Then He said, "Do not come near here; ^(C1)remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."

And He said, "^(C1)I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." ^(C2)Then Moses hid his face, for he was ^(C3)afraid to look at God.

And the LORD said, "I have certainly ^(C1)seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.

"So I have come down ^(C1)to rescue them from the ^(F1)power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a ^(C2)good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of ^(C3)the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

"And now, behold, ^(C1)the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

"And now come, and I will send you to Pharaoh, ^(C1)so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."

But Moses said to God, "^(C1)Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?"

And He said, "Assuredly ^(C1)I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: ^(C2)when you have brought the people out of Egypt, ^(C3)you shall ^(F1)worship God at this mountain."