Exodus 3:4

And YHWH sees that he has turned aside to see, and God calls to him out of the midst of the bush and says, “Moses! Moses!” And he says, “Here I [am].”

Literal Standard Version

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

3And Moses says, “Now I turn aside and see this great appearance. Why is the bush not burned?”

5And He says, “Do not come near here. Cast your shoes from off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

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Cross References

Genesis 22:11And the Messenger of YHWH calls to him from the heavens and says, “Abraham, Abraham”; and he says, “Here I [am]”;

Exodus 19:3And Moses has gone up to God, and YHWH calls to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you say to the house of Jacob, and declare to the sons of Israel:

Leviticus 1:1And YHWH calls to Moses, and speaks to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

1 Samuel 3:4and YHWH calls to Samuel, and he says, “Here I [am].”

1 Samuel 3:8And YHWH adds to call Samuel the third time, and he rises and goes to Eli, and says, “Here I [am], for you have called for me”; and Eli understands that YHWH is calling to the youth.

Psalms 62:11Once has God spoken, twice I heard this, || That “strength [is] with 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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