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Exodus 3
At Horeb, the mountain of God, Moses sees a bush that burns without being consumed. God calls him from the bush, sends him to bring Israel out of Egypt, and reveals his name: 'I AM THAT I AM', the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiArrival at Sinai: The boundary · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiArrival at Sinai: The third day · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeMoses · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Bible Time MapMoses · The Bible Time MapOpen
- Life Phases of Old Testament HeroesMoses · Life Phases of Old Testament HeroesOpen
- The Bible Time MapThe burning bush · The Bible Time MapOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiThrough the sea · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
- The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiThrough the sea: The east wind · The Exodus: through the Sea to SinaiOpen
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Moses, ages 80–81: Sent to Pharaoh
At eighty, when he had stopped expecting anything, God speaks from a bush. Moses' objections all begin with himself: "Who am I?" God's answer is not a better résumé but a promise: "Certainly I will be with thee." The calling fills barely a year on the chart a…