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1 Moſes kepeth ſhepe, and God appeareth vnto him in a buſhe 10 He ſendeth him to deliuer the children of Iſraél. 14 The name of God 16 God teacheth him what to do.

1.WHen Moſes kept the ſhepe of Iethró his father in lawe, Prieſt of Midian, & droue the flocke to the ^" backe ſide of the deſert, and came to the ^a Mountaine of God, ^b Horéb,

2.Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him in a flame of fyre, out of the middes of a ^c buſhe: & he loked, & beholde, the buſhe burned with fyre, and the buſhe was not conſumed.

3.Therefore Moſes ſaid, I wil turne aſide now, & ſe this great ſight, why the buſhe burneth not.

4.And when the ^d Lord ſaw that he turned aſide to ſe, God called vnto him out of the middes of the buſhe, and ſaid, Moſes, Moſes. And he anſwered, I am here.

5.Then he ſaid, Come not hither, ^e put thy ſhooes of thy fete: for the place whereon thou ſtandeſt is ^f holy grounde.

6.Moreouer he ſaid, ^* I am the God of thy father, the God of Abrahám, the God of Izhák, & the God of Iaakób. Then Moſes hid his face: for he was ^g afraid to loke vpon God.

7.¶ Then the Lord ſaid. I haue ſurely ſene the trouble of my people, which are in Egypt, & haue heard their crye, becauſe of their ^h taſkemaſters: for I knowe their ſorowes.

8.Therefore I am come downe to deliuer them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good lād & a large, into a lād that ⁱ floweth with milke & hony, euen into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, & the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebuſites.

9.^k And now lo, the crye of the children of Iſraél is come vnto me, and I haue alſo ſene the oppreſſion, wherewith the Egyptians oppreſſe them.

10.Come now therefore, and I wil ſend thee vnto Pharaóh, that thou maieſt brīg my people the children of Iſraél out of Egypt.

11.¶ But Moſes ſaid vnto God, Who am ^l I, that I ſhulde go vnto Pharaóh, and that I ſhulde bring the children of Iſraél out of Egypt?

12.And he anſwered, ^m Certeinly I wil be with thee: & this ſhalbe a toké vnto thee, that I haue ſēt thee, After that thou haſte broght the people out of Egypt, ye ſhal ſerue God vpon this Mountaine.

13.Then Moſes ſaid vnto God, Beholde, when I ſhal come vnto the children of Iſraél, and ſhal ſay vnto them, The God of your fathers hathe ſent me vnto you: if thei ſay vnto me, What is his Name? what anſwere ſhal I giue them?

14.And God anſwered Moſes, I ⁿ AM THAT I AM. Alſo he ſaid, Thus ſhalt thou ſay vnto the children of Iſraél, I AM hathe ſent me vnto you.

15.And God ſpake further vnto Moſes, Thus ſhalt thou ſay vnto the children of Iſraél, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abrahám, the God of Izhák, and the God of Iaakób hathe ſent me vnto you: this is my Name for euer, & this is my memorial vnto all ages.

16.Go and gather the Elders of Iſraél together, & thou ſhalt ſay vnto them, The Lord God of your fathers, y^e God of Abrahám, Izhák, & Iaakób appeared vnto me, & ſaid, ^* I haue ſurely remēbred you, & that which is done to you in Egypt.

17.Therefore I did ſay, I wil bring you out of the affliction of Egypt vnto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, & the Hiuites, and the Iebuſites, vnto a land that floweth with milke and hony.

18.Then ſhal thei obeie thy voyce, & thou and the Elders of Iſraél ſhal go vnto the King of Egypt, and ſaie vnto him, The Lord God of the Ebrewes hathe met w^t vs: we pray thee now therefore, let vs go thre dayes iourney in the wildernes, that we may ^o ſacrifice vnto y^e Lord our God.

19.¶ But I knowe, that the King of Egypt wil not let you go, but by ſtrong hand.

20.Therefore wil I ſtretch out mine hād and ſmite Egypt with all my wonders, w^c I wil do in the middes thereof: and after that ſhal he let you go.

21.And I wil make this people to be fauored of the Egyptians: ſo that when ye go, ye ſhal not go emptie.

22.^p For euerie woman ſhal aſke of her neighbour, and of her ^" that ſoiourneth in her houſe, iewels of ſiluer and iewels of golde & raiment, & ye ſhal put them on your ſonnes, and on your daughters, and ſhal ſpoile the Egyptians.

Exodus 3

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