22 October 2022 draft-bible
1 Now 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. 2 And an angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burn.
4 And when Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, Moses! Moses!
And he said, Here I am.
5 And he said, Do not come near. Remove your sandals from upon your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
6 And he said, 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, because he was afraid to look upon God.
7 And Yahweh 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. 8 And I 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, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9 And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said to God, Whom am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
13 And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and say to them, The god of your fathers has sent me to you; and they ask me, What is his name? What should I tell them?
14 And God 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.
15 And God said further 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 how I am to be remembered by all generations. 16 Go 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 what is done to you in Egypt. 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they will listen to your voice, and 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. 19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I 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. 21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go out empty-handed. 22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing. And you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters, and you shall plunder the Egyptians.
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