Exodus 3:2-10

English Standard Version

^2 (A)And ^(B)the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. ³ And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” ⁴ When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, ^(C)God called to him ^(D)out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” ⁵ Then he said, “Do not come near; ^(E)take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” ⁶ And he said, ^(F)“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for ^(G)he was afraid to look at God.

⁷ Then the Lord said, ^(H)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their ^(I)taskmasters. I know their sufferings, ⁸ and ^(J)I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and ^(K)to bring them up out of that land to a ^(L)good and broad land, a land ^(M)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of ^(N)the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. ⁹ And now, behold, ^(O)the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the ^(P)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. ^10 (Q)Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”