- 1Now 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.
- 2And 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.
- 3And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
- 4And 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.
- 5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
- 6Moreover 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 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;
- 8And 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.
- 9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
- 10Come 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, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
- 12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
- 13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
- 14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
- 15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou 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, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
- 16Go, 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:
- 17And 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.
- 18And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
- 19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
- 20And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
- 21And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
- 22But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
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EXODUS 3
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Exodus 3 — God calls Moses from the burning bush and sends him to bring Israel out of Egypt.
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The unconsumed bush, removed sandals, staff, sheep, and mountain setting follow the chapter closely. God is represented by holy fire and light, never in bodily form.
Scripture basis: Exodus 3:1–22King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEInscription
Fourteenth century BC, reign of Amenhotep III
The Soleb “Shasu of Yhw” Inscription
A fourteenth-century BC Egyptian topographical list at Amenhotep III's temple of Soleb labels a bound foreign group as the 'Shasu of yhwꜣ,' probably preserving the name later known as Yahweh but identifying neither Israel nor an Exodus event.
Exodus 3:13–15 · Deuteronomy 33:2 · Judges 5:4–5
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Fourth century AD
Papyrus Bodmer XVI: Sahidic Coptic Exodus
Despite its conventional name, Papyrus Bodmer XVI is a fourth-century parchment codex preserving Exodus 1:1–15:21 in Sahidic Coptic, ending with the Song at the Sea.
Exodus 3:1–15 · Exodus 12:1–28 · Exodus 15:1–21
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Hasmonean period, approximately second century BC
4QExodusᵇ (4Q13): Exodus 1–5
Fragments of 4Q13 preserve Exodus 1–5, including a reading of seventy-five persons in Exodus 1:5 also known from the Greek tradition.
Exodus 1:1–5 · Exodus 2:2–6 · Exodus 3:13–15
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEDaily life
Tenth–ninth centuries BC
Tel Rehov Iron Age Apiary
An industrial apiary of cylindrical clay hives at Tel Rehov provides the earliest securely excavated evidence for large-scale beekeeping in the ancient Near East.
Exodus 3:8 · Judges 14:8–9 · 1 Samuel 14:25–27
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCECult & worship
13th to mid-12th century BC
The Hathor and Desert Shrine at Timna
A Late Bronze Age shrine beside the Timna copper mines began as an Egyptian sanctuary of Hathor and was later transformed with local desert cult objects. It illuminates mobile sacred architecture and Egyptian activity near the Arabah without identifying the biblical tabernacle or its builders.
Exodus 25:1–9 · Exodus 26:1–37 · Exodus 3:1–6
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
100–25 BC
4QpaleoGenesis-Exodus (4Q11): Torah in Paleo-Hebrew Script
A substantial Cave 4 Torah manuscript preserves Genesis 50 and broad portions of Exodus in Paleo-Hebrew script, documenting an archaizing Second Temple scribal tradition.
Genesis 50:26 · Exodus 1:1–6 · Exodus 3:1–4
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