Exodus 3:1-11

Exodus 3:1-11

[1] Now Moses  kept  the flock  of Jethro  his father in law,  the priest  of Midian:  and he led  the flock  to the backside  of the desert,  and came  to the mountain  of God,  even to Horeb.  [2] And 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] And Moses  said,  I will now turn aside,  and see  this great  sight,  why  the bush  is not burnt.  [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,  And he said,  [5] And he said,  Draw not nigh  hither:  put off  thy shoes  from 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.  And Moses  hid  his face;  for he was afraid  to look  upon God.  [7] And the LORD  said,  I have surely  the affliction  of my people  which are in Egypt,  and have heard  their cry  by reason  of their taskmasters;  for I know  their sorrows;  [8] And I am come down  to deliver  them out of the hand  and to bring  them up out of that land  unto a good  land  and a large,  unto a land  flowing  with milk  and honey;  unto the place  of the Canaanites,  and the Hittites,  and the Amorites,  and the Perizzites,  and the Hivites,  and the Jebusites.  [9] Now therefore, behold, the cry  of the children  of Israel  is come  unto me: and I have also seen  the oppression  oppress  [10] now therefore, and I will send  thee unto Pharaoh,  that thou mayest bring forth  my people  the children  of Israel  out of Egypt.  [11] And Moses  said  unto God,  unto Pharaoh,  and that I should bring forth  the children  of Israel  out of Egypt?