3 Then Moses said, "I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn."
4 So when Yahweh saw that he turned aside to look, Elohim called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."
5 Then He said, "Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground."
6
Moreover He said, "I am the Elohim of your father -- the
Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob." And
Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon Elohim.
7
And Yahweh said: "I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are
in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I
know their sorrows.
8 "So I have come down to deliver them
out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a
good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to 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 has come to Me, and I have also seen the
oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
10 "Come
now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My
people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
11 But
Moses said to Elohim, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh,
and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
12
So He said, "I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a
sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of
Egypt, you shall serve Elohim on this mountain."
13 Then
Moses said to Elohim, "Indeed, when I come to the children of
Israel and say to them, 'The Elohim of your fathers has sent me to you,'
and they say to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to
them?"
14 And Elohim said to Moses, "I AM WHO I
AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel,
'I AM has sent me to you.' "
15 Moreover Elohim said to
Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'Yahweh Elohim
of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the
Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and
this is My memorial to all generations.'
16 "Go and
gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, 'Yahweh Elohim of
your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, 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 Canaanites and the
Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the
Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey." '
18
"Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the
elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, 'Yahweh
Elohim of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three
days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our
Elohim.'
19 "But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not
let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand.
20 "So I will
stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do
in its midst; and after that he will let you go.
21 "And I
will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall
be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed.
22
"But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells
near her house, articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and
you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall
plunder the Egyptians."
NKR Exodus 4:1 Then Moses
answered and said, "But suppose they will not believe me or listen to
my voice; suppose they say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.' "
2
So Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He
said, "A rod."
3 And He said, "Cast it on the
ground." So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and
Moses fled from it.
4 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Reach
out your hand and take it by the tail" (and he reached out his
hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),
5
"that they may believe that Yahweh Elohim of their fathers, the
Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, has
appeared to you."
6 Furthermore Yahweh said to him,
"Now put your hand in your bosom." And he put his hand in his
bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, like
snow.
7 And He said, "Put your hand in your bosom
again." So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his
bosom, and behold, it was restored like his other flesh.
8
"Then it will be, if they do not believe you, nor heed the message of
the first sign, that they may believe the message of the latter sign.
9
"And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or
listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river and pour it
on the dry land. And the water which you take from the river
will become blood on the dry land."
10 Then Moses
said to Yahweh, "O my Master, I am not eloquent, neither
before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of
speech and slow of tongue."
11 So Yahweh said to him,
"Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the
seeing, or the blind? Have not I, Yahweh?
12 "Now
therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall
say."
13 But he said, "O my Master, please send by
the hand of whomever else You may send."
14 So the
anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and He said: "Is not Aaron
the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is
also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his
heart.
15 "Now you shall speak to him and put the words in
his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will
teach you what you shall do.
16 "So he shall be your
spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and
you shall be to him as Elohim.