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Text -- Exodus 3:1-10 (NET)
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3:1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro , the priest of Midian , and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God , to Horeb .
3:2 The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush . He looked – and the bush was ablaze with fire , but it was not being consumed !
3:3 So Moses thought , “I will turn aside to see this amazing sight . Why does the bush not burn up ?”
3:4 When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to look , God called to him from within the bush and said , “Moses, Moses !” And Moses said , “Here I am.”
3:5 God said , “Do not approach any closer ! Take your sandals off your feet , for the place where you are standing is holy ground .”
3:6 He added , “I am the God of your father , the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob .” Then Moses hid his face , because he was afraid to look at God .
3:7 The Lord said , “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt . I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters , for I know their sorrows .
3:8 I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious , to a land flowing with milk and honey , to the region of the Canaanites , Hittites , Amorites , Perizzites , Hivites , and Jebusites .
3:9 And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.
3:10 So now go , and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people , the Israelites , out of Egypt .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Moses |
BUSH |
Angel |
Rulers |
Communion |
GOD, NAMES OF |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Quotations and Allusions |
Israel |
Religion |
God |
Revelation |
Prayer |
Fire |
Honey |
GOD, 2 |
Burning Bush |
Sorrow |
TRINITY, 1 |
DESERT |
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NET Notes -> Exo 3:1; Exo 3:1; Exo 3:1; Exo 3:2; Exo 3:2; Exo 3:2; Exo 3:2; Exo 3:2; Exo 3:2; Exo 3:2; Exo 3:3; Exo 3:3; Exo 3:3; Exo 3:3; Exo 3:4; Exo 3:4; Exo 3:4; Exo 3:4; Exo 3:5; Exo 3:5; Exo 3:5; Exo 3:5; Exo 3:6; Exo 3:6; Exo 3:7; Exo 3:7; Exo 3:8; Exo 3:8; Exo 3:8; Exo 3:8; Exo 3:8; Exo 3:9; Exo 3:9; Exo 3:9; Exo 3:10; Exo 3:10
NET Notes: Exo 3:1 “Horeb” is another name for Mount Sinai. There is a good deal of foreshadowing in this verse, for later Moses would shepherd the people of...
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NET Notes: Exo 3:2 The construction uses the suffixed negative אֵינֶנּוּ (’enennu) to convey the subject of t...
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NET Notes: Exo 3:3 The verb is an imperfect. Here it has the progressive nuance – the bush is not burning up.
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NET Notes: Exo 3:4 Heb “And he said”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Exo 3:5 The causal clause includes within it a typical relative clause, which is made up of the relative pronoun, then the independent personal pronoun with t...
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NET Notes: Exo 3:6 The clause uses the Hiphil infinitive construct with a preposition after the perfect tense: יָרֵא מֵה&...
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NET Notes: Exo 3:7 Two new words are introduced now to the report of suffering: “affliction” and “pain/suffering.” These add to the dimension of ...
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NET Notes: Exo 3:8 Each people group is joined to the preceding by the vav conjunction, “and.” Each also has the definite article, as in other similar lists ...
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NET Notes: Exo 3:9 Heb “seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.” The word for the oppression is now לַחַץ (l...
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