Exodus 3:2-6
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.
Exodus 3:16
3:16 “Go and bring together the elders of Israel and tell them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, appeared to me – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – saying, “I have attended carefully to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt,