Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Exodus 3:3
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So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”
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And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
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Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
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And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
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Exodus 3
1 Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
3 So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”
4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
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