Moses and the Burning Bush

3 Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,^[a] the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,^[b] the mountain of God.^{(A) 2} Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush.^(B) As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed. ³ So Moses thought, ‘I must go over and look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up? ’

⁴ When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from the bush, ‘Moses, Moses! ’

‘Here I am,’ he answered.

⁵ ‘Do not come closer,’ he said. ‘Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.’^{(C) 6} Then he continued, ‘I am the God of your father,^[c] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’^(D) Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

¹⁴ God replied to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.^[a](A) This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.’