Exodus 3:9-12

The Burning Bush

⁹ And now, behold, _l the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the _m oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. ¹⁰ _n Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt." ¹¹ But Moses said to God, _o "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?" ¹² He said, _p "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, _q you shall serve God on this mountain."

1. Cross References
   Exodus 2:23
   During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 1:11 - 14
   Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
   Exodus 1:22
   Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 105:26
   He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
   Micah 6:4
   For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 6:12
   But Moses said to the Lord, "Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?
   1 Samuel 18:18
   And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
   Isaiah 6:5
   And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!
   Isaiah 6:8
   And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me.
   Jeremiah 1:6
   Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.
   
5. Cross References
   Exodus 4:12
   Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
   Exodus 4:15
   You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.
   Deuteronomy 31:8
   It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
   Deuteronomy 31:23
   And the Lord commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. I will be with you.
   Joshua 1:5
   No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
   
6. Cross References
   Exodus 19:1
   On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.