9-10 “The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I’ve seen for myself how cruelly they’re being treated by the Egyptians. It’s time for you to go back: I’m sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt.”

11 Moses answered God, “But why me? What makes you think that I could ever go to Pharaoh and lead the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

12 “I’ll be with you,” God said. “And this will be the proof that I am the one who sent you: When you have brought my people out of Egypt, you will worship God right here at this very mountain.”

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10 So now, go. I am sending(A) you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”(B)

11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I(C) that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

12 And God said, “I will be with you.(D) And this will be the sign(E) to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you[a] will worship God on this mountain.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 3:12 The Hebrew is plural.