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          DASV: Exodus 3     

1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law,
the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the far side
of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of
fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked and the bush burned
with fire but the bush was not consumed.
3 So Moses thought, "I will turn aside to see this astonishing sight,
why the bush is not burned up."

4 When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to see, God called
to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses, Moses."
He replied, "Here I am."
5 Then he said, "Do not come closer. Take your sandals off your feet,
for the place where you are standing is holy ground."
6 He added, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." So Moses hid his face;
for he was afraid to look at God.

7 Then the LORD 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 out of that land to a good and spacious land,
to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the region of the Canaanites,
Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
9 Now, look, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me;
and I have seen how the Egyptians have oppressed them.
10 So come now and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring
my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."

11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh,
and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
12 God answered, "Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the
your sign that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out
of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain."

13 Then Moses objected to God, "If 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 God answered Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and he said, "You will say this
to the Israelites, 'I AM has sent me to you'."
15 God also said to Moses, "Say this to the children of Israel: '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
my memorial for all generations.

16 Now go, gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them,
the LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
has appeared to me, saying, 'I have seen what has been done to you
in Egypt
17 and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt
to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites and Jebusites to a land flowing with milk and honey.'
18 And they will listen to your voice and you and the elders of Israel
will go to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, 'The LORD,
the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So let us go now three days'
journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'
19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not give you permission to
go unless compelled by a mighty hand.
20 Then I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders
that I will do among them and after that he will let you go.
21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that when you leave you will not leave empty-handed.
22 Every woman should ask from her neighbor and anyone living
in her house, for jewelry of silver and gold, and clothes and you
shall put them on your sons and daughters. This is how you will
plunder the Egyptians."

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