3:1 Now Moses¹ 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 desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.² 3:2 And the Angel of Yahweh³ appeared⁴ to him in⁵ a flame of fire from the midst of a bush.⁶ He looked⁷—and⁸ the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not being consumed.⁹ 3:3 So Moses thought,¹⁰ “I will turn aside to see¹¹ this amazing¹² sight, why the bush does not burn up.”¹³ 3:4 And when Yahweh¹⁴ saw that¹⁵ he had turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush, and said, “Moses, Moses!”¹⁶ And Moses¹⁷ said, “Here I am.” 3:5 And he said, “Do not come near.¹⁸ Take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy¹⁹ ground.”²⁰ 3:6 And he said, “I am the God of your father,²¹ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look on²² God.

3:7 Then Yahweh said, “I have surely seen²³ the affliction of my people who are in Egypt; and have heard their cry from before their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.²⁴ 3:8 And I have come down²⁵ to deliver them²⁶ from 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,²⁷ to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 3:9 And now, indeed,²⁸ the cry²⁹ of the Israelites has come up to me, and I have also seen the oppression³⁰ with which the Egyptians oppress them. 3:10 So now, go, and I will send you³¹ to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” 3:11 But Moses said³² to God,³³ “Who am I, that I should go³⁴ to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 3:12 And God³⁵ said, “Surely I will be with you;³⁶ and this will be the sign³⁷ to you that I have sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will serve³⁸ God on this mountain.”

3:13 But Moses said³⁹ to God, “If⁴⁰ I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is his name?’⁴¹—what should I say⁴² to them?”

3:14 So God said to Moses, “I AM that I AM.”⁴³ And he said, “Thus you will say to the Israelites, ‘I AM has sent me to you’.” 3:15 And furthermore, God said to Moses, “Thus you will say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh,⁴⁴ 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 name⁴⁵ forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.’⁴⁶

3:16 Go and gather⁴⁷ the elders of Israel, and say to them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, appeared⁴⁸ to me—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—saying, I have surely visited⁴⁹ you, and have visited⁵⁰ that which has been done⁵¹ to you in Egypt. 3:17 And I promised⁵² that I would 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.

3:18 And the elders⁵³ will listen⁵⁴ to you; and then you and the elders of Israel will go to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, ‘Yahweh,⁵⁵ the God of the Hebrews, has met⁵⁶ with us. And now, let us go⁵⁷ three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice⁵⁸ to Yahweh our God.’ 3:19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go,⁵⁹ no, not by a mighty hand.⁶⁰ 3:20 So I will stretch out my hand⁶¹ and strike Egypt with all my wonders⁶² which I will do in the midst of them; and after that he will let you go.

3:21 And I will give this people favor in the eyes of⁶³ the Egyptians, and it will be that when⁶⁴ you go out, you will not go out empty.⁶⁵ 3:22 But every⁶⁶ woman will ask of her neighbor, and of her that happens to be staying⁶⁷ in her house, gold vessels and silver vessels,⁶⁸ and raiment. And you will put them on your sons and on your daughters—and you will plunder Egypt.⁶⁹