Exodus 3:13-18

The Burning Bush

¹³ Then Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?" ¹⁴ God said to Moses, "I am who I am." ₁ And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, _r 'I am has sent me to you.'" ¹⁵ God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'The Lord, ₂ the _s God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is _t my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. ¹⁶ Go and _u gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, _v "I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt, ¹⁷ and I promise that _w I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land _w flowing with milk and honey."' ¹⁸ And _x they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel _y shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has _z met with us; and now, please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.'

1. Cross References
   Exodus 6:3
   I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ...
   Psalms 68:4
   Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up ...
   John 8:58
   Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you...
   Hebrews 13:8
   Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today an...
   Revelation 1:4
   John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Gr...
   Revelation 4:8
   And the four living creatures, each of them wit...
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 3:6
   And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
   
3. Cross References
   Hosea 12:5
   The Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial name:
   Psalms 135:13
   Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 4:29
   Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel.
   
5. Cross References
   Exodus 4:31
   And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
   Genesis 50:24
   And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
   Luke 1:68
   Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people
   
6. Cross References
   Exodus 3:8
   And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
   
7. Cross References
   Exodus 3:8
   And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
   
8. Cross References
   Exodus 4:31
   And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
   
9. Cross References
   Exodus 5:1
   Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'
   
10. Cross References
    Numbers 23:3 - 4
    And Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height.
    Numbers 23:15 - 16
    Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.