1 Moses’|strong="H4872" father-in-law|strong="H2859" was|strong="H1961" named Jethro|strong="H3503". Jethro|strong="H3503" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H0430" Midian|strong="H4080". Moses|strong="H4872" took|strong="H0853" care|strong="H0310" of|strong="H0430" Jethro’s sheep|strong="H6629". One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872" led|strong="H5090" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" west|strong="H0310" side|strong="H0310" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" desert|strong="H4057". He|strong="H0310" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" mountain|strong="H2022" called Horeb|strong="H2722", the|strong="H0853" mountain|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430".
2 On|strong="H0413" that|strong="H7200" mountain, Moses saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0413" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7200" burning|strong="H0784" bush|strong="H5572".
3 So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" decided|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H4994" closer to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" bush|strong="H5572" and|strong="H4872" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4994" a|strong="H7200" bush|strong="H5572" could|strong="H2088" continue burning|strong="H1197" without|strong="H3808" being burned|strong="H1197" up|strong="H7200".
4 The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" Moses|strong="H4872" was|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H2009" to|strong="H0413" look|strong="H2009" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" bush|strong="H5572". So|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0559" bush|strong="H5572". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Moses|strong="H4872", Moses|strong="H4872"!”
5 Then|strong="H0859" God|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" come|strong="H7126" any|strong="H6944" closer. Take|strong="H5975" off|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sandals|strong="H5275". You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" holy|strong="H6944" ground|strong="H0127".
6 I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H6440" ancestors|strong="H0001". I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Abraham|strong="H0085", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H4872" the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Jacob|strong="H3290".”
7 Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" troubles|strong="H7200" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H0834" suffered|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" their|strong="H3068" cries when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4714" hurt them|strong="H0853". I|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" about|strong="H8085" their|strong="H3068" pain|strong="H4341".
8 Now|strong="H3027" I|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0776" go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H0776" save|strong="H5337" my|strong="H4480" people|strong="H0776" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0413" Egyptians|strong="H4713". I|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0776" take|strong="H5927" them|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1931" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" lead|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H4480" good|strong="H2896" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H1931" can be|strong="H3027" free from|strong="H4480" these|strong="H1931" troubles. It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" filled with|strong="H0413" many good|strong="H2896" things. Many different people|strong="H0776" live in|strong="H0413" that|strong="H1931" land|strong="H0776": the|strong="H0413" Canaanites|strong="H3669", Hittites|strong="H2850", Amorites|strong="H0567", Perizzites|strong="H6522", Hivites|strong="H2340", and|strong="H0776" Jebusites|strong="H2983".
9 I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" cries of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" way the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4713" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H1571" life hard for|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413".
10 So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" am sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Pharaoh|strong="H6547". Go|strong="H3318"! Lead|strong="H3318" my|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478", out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714".”
11 But|strong="H3588" Moses|strong="H4872" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430", “I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H0430" man|strong="H1121"! How|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0595" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" and|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714"?”
12 God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" can do|strong="H5647" it|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". This|strong="H2088" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" proof that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588": After|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" lead|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0430" Egypt|strong="H4714", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H0430" worship|strong="H5647" me|strong="H7971" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" mountain|strong="H2022".”
13 Then|strong="H2009" Moses|strong="H4872" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430", “But|strong="H2009" if|strong="H2009" I|strong="H0595" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Israelites|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", ‘The|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0935" ancestors|strong="H0001" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413",’ then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H0430" ask|strong="H0559", ‘What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" his|strong="H7971" name|strong="H8034"?’ What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0595" tell|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413"?”
14 Then|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872", “Tell|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413", ‘I|strong="H0834" AM|strong="H1961" WHO|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" AM|strong="H1961".’ When|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Israelites|strong="H3478", tell|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413", ‘I|strong="H0834" AM’ sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834".”
15 And|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Israelites|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971" were|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3068" YAHWEH|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001"—the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Isaac|strong="H3327", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290". This|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H5769" be|strong="H5750" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". It|strong="H7971" is|strong="H3068" how I|strong="H3541" want the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" remember|strong="H2143" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H3478" now|strong="H2088" on|strong="H0413".
16 “Now|strong="H3327" go|strong="H0622" and|strong="H3068" call|strong="H0559" together|strong="H0622" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H7200". Tell|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H7200" YAHWEH|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001"—the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290"—appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6213". Give|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3068" message|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3478" me|strong="H0413": ‘I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H0001" been|strong="H6485" watching over|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0001" seen|strong="H7200" what|strong="H6213" people|strong="H7200" in|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714" have|strong="H0001" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6213".
17 And|strong="H0776" I|strong="H0776" have|strong="H0776" decided|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0776" take|strong="H5927" you|strong="H0853" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" troubles you|strong="H0853" are|strong="H0776" suffering|strong="H6040" in|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0776" lead|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0559" now|strong="H4714" belongs to|strong="H0413" others—the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669", Hittites|strong="H2850", Amorites|strong="H0567", Perizzites|strong="H6522", Hivites|strong="H2340", and|strong="H0776" Jebusites|strong="H2983". I|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0776" lead|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5927" land|strong="H0776" filled with|strong="H0413" many good things.’
18 “The|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" will|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859". And|strong="H0935" then|strong="H6258" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Pharaoh. You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", ‘YAHWEH|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Hebrews|strong="H5680". He|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H0559" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0413" travel three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" desert|strong="H4057". There|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" must offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0413" YAHWEH|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430".’
19 “But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Pharaoh will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980". Only a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H2389" power|strong="H3027" will|strong="H4428" force|strong="H3027" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980",
20 so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" use|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3605" great power|strong="H3027" against|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4713". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" cause amazing|strong="H6381" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7971" happen in|strong="H7130" that|strong="H0834" land|strong="H7130". After|strong="H0310" I|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651", he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H7971".
21 And|strong="H5869" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H7387" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4713" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" kind to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H2088". They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" many gifts to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" leave Egypt|strong="H4713".
22 “All|strong="H5337" the|strong="H0853" Hebrew women|strong="H0802" will|strong="H1004" ask|strong="H7592" their|strong="H5921" Egyptian|strong="H4713" neighbors|strong="H7934" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Egyptian|strong="H4713" women|strong="H0802" living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" houses|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" gifts. And|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" Egyptian|strong="H4713" women|strong="H0802" will|strong="H1004" give|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0853" gifts of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H1121" fine|strong="H3701" clothing|strong="H8071". Then|strong="H0853" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" put|strong="H7760" those|strong="H1121" gifts on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121". In|strong="H5921" this way|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" take|strong="H7760" away|strong="H5337" the|strong="H0853" wealth of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4713".”