Exodus 3:5

And he said, Draw not near hither: loose your sandals from off your feet, for the place whereon you stand is holy ground.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

In Context

4And when the Lord saw that he drew near to see, the Lord called him out of the bush, saying, Moses, Moses; and he said, What is it?

6And he said, + 3:6 Matt 22:32 I am the God of your father, the God of Abraam, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and Moses turned away his face, for he was afraid to gaze at God.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and said, The Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.

Exodus 4:28And Moses reported to Aaron all the words of the Lord, which he sent, and all the things which he charged him.

Exodus 19:21And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw near to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.

Joshua 5:15And Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what command you your servant?

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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