Then He said, “Do not come near here; (A)remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” He said also, “(B)I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” (C)Then Moses hid his face, for he was (D)afraid to look at God.

The Lord said, “I have surely (E)seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.

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“Do not come any closer,”(A) God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”(B) Then he said, “I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”(C) At this, Moses hid(D) his face, because he was afraid to look at God.(E)

The Lord said, “I have indeed seen(F) the misery(G) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned(H) about their suffering.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 3:6 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) fathers