Exodus:3
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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 .
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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 .
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And Moses said ,
I will now turn aside ,
and see this great sight ,
why the bush is not burnt .
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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 ,
Moses .
And he said ,
Here am I .
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And he said ,
Draw not nigh here :
put off your shoes from off your feet ,
for the place whereon you stand is holy ground .
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Moreover 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 ;
for he was afraid to look upon God .
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And the LORD said ,
I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt ,
and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ;
for I know their sorrows ;
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And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians ,
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 .
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Now therefore ,
behold ,
the cry of the children of Israel has come unto me :
and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them .
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Come now therefore ,
and I will send you unto Pharaoh ,
that you may bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt .
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And Moses said unto God ,
Who am I ,
that I should go unto Pharaoh ,
and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt ?
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And he said ,
Certainly I will be with you ;
and this shall be a token unto you ,
that I have sent you :
When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt ,
all of you shall serve God upon this mountain .
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And Moses said unto God ,
Behold ,
when I come unto the children of Israel ,
and shall say unto them ,
The God of your fathers has sent me unto you ;
and they shall say to me ,
What is his name ?
what shall I say unto them ?
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And God said unto Moses ,
I AM THAT I AM :
and he said ,
Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel ,
I AM has sent me unto you .
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And God said moreover unto Moses ,
Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel ,
the LORD God of your fathers ,
the God of Abraham ,
the God of Isaac ,
and the God of Jacob ,
has sent me unto you :
this is my name for ever ,
and this is my memorial unto all generations .
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Go ,
and gather the elders of Israel together ,
and say unto them ,
The LORD God of your fathers ,
the God of Abraham ,
of Isaac ,
and of Jacob ,
appeared unto me ,
saying ,
I have surely visited you ,
and seen that which is done to you in Egypt :
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And I have said ,
I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites ,
and the Hittites ,
and the Amorites ,
and the Perizzites ,
and the Hivites ,
and the Jebusites ,
unto a land flowing with milk and honey .
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And they shall hearken to your voice :
and you shall come ,
you and the elders of Israel ,
unto the king of Egypt ,
and all of you shall say unto him ,
The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us :
and now let us go ,
we plead to you ,
three days '
journey into the wilderness ,
that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God .
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And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go ,
no ,
not by a mighty hand .
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And I will stretch out my hand ,
and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof :
and after that he will let you go .
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And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians :
and it shall come to pass ,
that ,
when all of you go ,
all of you shall not go empty .
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But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour ,
and of her that sojourns in her house ,
jewels of silver ,
and jewels of gold ,
and raiment :
and all of you shall put them upon your sons ,
and upon your daughters ;
and all of you shall spoil the Egyptians .