Exodus 3:14-22

International Standard Version

¹⁴ God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,”^[a] and then said, “Tell the Israelis: ‘I AM sent me to you.’”

¹⁵ God also told Moses, “Tell the Israelis, ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered from generation to generation.

¹⁶ “Go and gather the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘The Lord God of your ancestors, appeared to me—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and he said, “I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt. ¹⁷ I have said that I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

¹⁸ “The elders of Israel^[b] will listen to you,^[c] and then you and they^[d] are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now, let us take a three-day journey into the desert to sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ ¹⁹ I know that the king of Egypt won’t allow you to go unless compelled to do so by force,^{[e] 20} so I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do there. After that he will release you. ²¹ I will grant this people public favor with the Egyptians, and as a result, when you leave you won’t go empty-handed. ²² Each woman is to ask her neighbor or any foreign^[f] woman in her house for articles of gold and for clothing, and use them to clothe your sons and daughters. You will plunder the Egyptians.”