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    Exodus 3

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    A bush burns without burning up, and the sign that Moses was sent will not arrive until the Israelites are already out of Egypt.

    The bush that would not burnvv. 1–12

    Moses is shepherding Jethro’s flock in Midian when he reaches Horeb, where a bush is blazing without being consumed. Naturally, he goes over to inspect it; the bush has acquired the one quality most likely to interrupt a shepherd. God calls him from the fire, declares the ground holy, and names himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses hides his face. Then comes the commission: God has seen Israel’s suffering in Egypt and sends Moses to bring them out. Moses asks who he is for such a task, and the promised sign is wonderfully delayed: only after the people have been brought out will they worship on that mountain.

    A name, a king, and some borrowed fineryvv. 13–22

    Moses wonders what name to give the Israelites, and God answers, “I AM WHO I AM,” with the name of the LORD to be remembered through every generation. The elders will listen, but the king of Egypt will not, unless a mighty hand persuades him. Wonders will follow, and Israel will leave. The departure plan then becomes strikingly practical: women will ask their neighbors for silver, gold, and clothing, put them on their sons and daughters, and leave Egypt with the Egyptians’ valuables. The chapter calls this plundering, though the children are the immediate wardrobe.

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    1. Exod 3:1Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

    2. Exod 3:2There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

    3. Exod 3:3So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”

    4. Exod 3:4When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

    5. Exod 3:5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

    6. Exod 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

    7. Exod 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

    8. Exod 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

    9. Exod 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.

    10. Exod 3:10Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

    11. Exod 3:11But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

    12. Exod 3:12“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

    13. Exod 3:13Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites 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. Exod 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

    15. Exod 3:15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, 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 this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

    16. Exod 3:16Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

    17. Exod 3:17And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

    18. Exod 3:18The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

    19. Exod 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

    20. Exod 3:20So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.

    21. Exod 3:21And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.

    22. Exod 3:22Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 14John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
    • 14Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
    • 14Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
    • 14Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
    • 14Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
    • 7Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
    • 7Psalms 106:44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
    • 14Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
    • 14Revelation 1:4John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,
    • 5Joshua 5:15The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
    • 7Exodus 2:23–25After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
    • 8Genesis 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
    • 15Genesis 17:7–8I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
    • 12Joshua 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
    • 12Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 7Psalms 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

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