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Book of Exodus, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of Exodus—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now Moses was pasturing the flock of 1Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the [a]west side of the wilderness and came to 2Horeb, the 3mountain of God.
  2. 4The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of [b]a 5bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.
  3. So Moses said, “[c]6I must turn aside now and see this [d]marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.”
  4. When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, 7God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”
  5. Then He said, “Do not come near here; 8remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
  6. He said also, “9I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” 10Then Moses hid his face, for he was 11afraid to look at God.
  7. ¶ The LORD said, “I have surely 12seen 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.
  8. So I have come down 13to deliver them from the [e]power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a 14good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of 15the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
  9. Now, behold, 16the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
  10. ¶ Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, 17so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”
  11. But Moses said to God, “18Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”
  12. And He said, “Certainly 19I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: 20when you have brought the people out of Egypt, 21you shall [f]worship God at this mountain.”
  13. ¶ Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?”
  14. God said to Moses, “[g]22I AM WHO [h]I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘[i]I AM has sent me to you.’”
  15. God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘23The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My 24memorial-name [j]to all generations.
  16. Go and 25gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘26The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “[k]27I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.
  17. So 28I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of 29the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land 30flowing with milk and honey.”’
  18. 31They will [l]pay heed to what you say; and 32you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a 33three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
  19. But I know that the king of Egypt 34will not permit you to go, 35except [m]under compulsion.
  20. So I will stretch out 36My hand and strike Egypt with all My 37miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and 38after that he will let you go.
  21. I will grant this people 39favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.
  22. But every woman 40shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will 41plunder the Egyptians.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or rear part
  2. ^ Lit the
  3. ^ Lit Let me turn
  4. ^ Lit great
  5. ^ Lit hand
  6. ^ Or serve
  7. ^ Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be
  8. ^ Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be
  9. ^ Related to the name of God, YHWH, rendered Lord, which is derived from the verb HAYAH, to be
  10. ^ Lit to generation of generation
  11. ^ Lit Visiting I have visited
  12. ^ Lit hear your voice
  13. ^ Lit by a strong hand

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 2:18; 4:18; 18:12; Nu 10:29
  2. ^ Ex 3:12; 17:6; 33:6; 1Ki 19:8
  3. ^ Ex 4:27; 18:5; 24:13
  4. ^ Ge 16:7-11; 21:17; 22:11, 15; Ex 3:4-11, 16; Jg 13:13-21; Ac 7:30
  5. ^ De 33:16; Mr 12:26; Lu 20:37; Ac 7:30
  6. ^ Ac 7:31
  7. ^ Ex 4:5
  8. ^ Jos 5:15; Ac 7:33
  9. ^ Ge 28:13; Ex 3:16; 4:5; Mt 22:32; Mr 12:26; Lu 20:37
  10. ^ Ac 7:32
  11. ^ Jg 13:22; Re 1:17
  12. ^ Ex 2:25; Ne 9:9; Ps 106:44; Is 63:9; Ac 7:34
  13. ^ Ge 15:13-16; 46:4; 50:24, 25; Ex 6:6-8; 12:51
  14. ^ Ex 3:17; 13:5; Nu 13:27; De 1:25; 8:7-9; Je 11:5; Eze 20:6
  15. ^ Ge 15:19-21; Jos 24:11
  16. ^ Ex 2:23
  17. ^ Ge 15:13, 14; Ex 12:40, 41; Mc 6:4; Ac 7:6, 7
  18. ^ Ex 4:10; 6:12; 1Sa 18:18
  19. ^ Ge 31:3; Ex 4:12, 15; 33:14-16; De 31:23; Jos 1:5; Is 43:2
  20. ^ Ex 19:1
  21. ^ Ex 19:2, 3; Ac 7:7
  22. ^ Ex 6:3; Jn 8:24, 28, 58; Heb 13:8; Re 1:8; 4:8
  23. ^ Ex 3:6, 13
  24. ^ Ps 30:4; 97:12; 102:12; 135:13; Ho 12:5
  25. ^ Ex 4:29
  26. ^ Ge 28:13; 48:15; Ex 3:2, 6; 4:5
  27. ^ Ex 4:31; Ps 33:18f
  28. ^ Ge 15:13-21; 46:4; 50:24, 25
  29. ^ Jos 24:11
  30. ^ Ex 3:8
  31. ^ Ex 4:31
  32. ^ Ex 5:1
  33. ^ Ex 5:3; 8:27
  34. ^ Ex 5:2
  35. ^ Ex 6:1
  36. ^ Ex 6:1; 7:4, 5; 9:15; 13:3, 9, 14
  37. ^ Ex 7:3; 15:11; De 6:22; Ne 9:10; Ps 105:27; 135:9; Je 32:20; Ac 7:36
  38. ^ Ex 11:1; 12:31-33
  39. ^ Ex 11:3; 12:36; 1Ki 8:50; Ps 105:37f; 106:46; Pr 16:7
  40. ^ Ge 15:14; Ex 11:2; 12:35
  41. ^ Eze 39:10

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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