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Exodus 3 Summary

The Burning Bush

God appears to Moses in a burning bush that is not consumed, calling him to deliver Israel from bondage in Egypt. God reveals his name as 'I AM WHO I AM' and promises to bring Israel to a good and spacious land flowing with milk and honey.

Key themes

God's holiness and self-revelationThe divine name (YHWH)God's compassion for the oppressedThe call to leadership

Key verses

Exodus 3:5

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Exodus 3:14

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Exodus 3:8

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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