Exodus 3:4

When the Lord saw that Moses was coming to take a look, God called to him from inside the bush, “Moses! Moses!” “I'm here,” Moses replied.

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In The King James Version

And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

In Context

3“Let me go over and take a look,” Moses said to himself. “It's very odd to see a bush that's not burning up.”

5“Don't come any closer!” God told him. “Take off your sandals because you're standing on holy ground.”

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Cross References

Genesis 22:11But the angel of the Lord shouted to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes, I'm here,” he replied.

Exodus 19:3Moses went up the mountain to God. The Lord spoke to Moses from the mountain, and told him, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob, the Israelites:

Leviticus 1:1The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,

1 Samuel 3:4Then the Lord called, “Samuel!” He answered, “I'm here.”

1 Samuel 3:8The Lord called again for the third time, “Samuel!” He got up went to Eli and said, “I'm here—you called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the Lord calling the boy.

Psalms 62:11God has already made it clear—I have heard it many times—power belongs to you, God.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 3:2-7

The Burning Bush. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he… Read the whole commentary →

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