GOD CALLS MOSES (2), Dr. Samuel Lee
GOD CALLS MOSES
Passage: Exodus 3:1~10  
Key verse: 5
Moses and the Burning Bush
3 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro(A) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian,(B) and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,(C) the mountain(D) of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord(E) appeared to him in flames of fire(F) from within a bush.(G) Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”
4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called(H) to him from within the bush,(I) “Moses! Moses!”
And Moses said, “Here I am.”(J)
5 “Do not come any closer,”(K) God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”(L) 6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”(M) At this, Moses hid(N) his face, because he was afraid to look at God.(O)
7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen(P) the misery(Q) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned(R) about their suffering.(S) 8 So I have come down(T) to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land,(U) a land flowing with milk and honey(V)—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites(W) and Jebusites.(X) 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing(Y) them. 10 So now, go. I am sending(Z) you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”(AA)
Footnotes
- Exodus 3:6 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (see Acts 7:32) fathers
Cross references
- Exodus 3:1 : S Ex 2:18; Jdg 1:16
- Exodus 3:1 : S Ex 2:16
- Exodus 3:1 : ver 12; Ex 17:6; 19:1-11, 5; 33:6; Dt 1:2, 6; 4:10; 5:2; 29:1; 1Ki 19:8; Mal 4:4
- Exodus 3:1 : Ex 4:27; 18:5; 24:13; Dt 4:11, 15
- Exodus 3:2 : S Ge 16:7; S Ex 12:23; S Ac 5:19
- Exodus 3:2 : Ex 19:18; 1Ki 19:12
- Exodus 3:2 : ver 4; Ex 2:2-6; Dt 33:16; Mk 12:26; Lk 20:37; Ac 7:30
- Exodus 3:4 : Ex 19:3; Lev 1:1
- Exodus 3:4 : Ex 4:5
- Exodus 3:4 : Ge 31:11; 1Sa 3:4; Isa 6:8
- Exodus 3:5 : Jer 30:21
- Exodus 3:5 : S Ge 28:17; Ac 7:33*
- Exodus 3:6 : S Ge 24:12; S Ex 4:5; Mt 22:32*; Mk 12:26*; Lk 20:37*; Ac 3:13; 7:32*
- Exodus 3:6 : 1Ki 19:13
- Exodus 3:6 : Ex 24:11; 33:20; Jdg 13:22; Job 13:11; 23:16; 30:15; Isa 6:5
- Exodus 3:7 : 1Sa 9:16
- Exodus 3:7 : ver 16; S Ge 16:11; 1Sa 1:11; Ne 9:9; Ps 106:44
- Exodus 3:7 : S Ex 2:25; Ac 7:34*
- Exodus 3:7 : S Ex 1:10
- Exodus 3:8 : S Ge 11:5; Ac 7:34*
- Exodus 3:8 : S Ge 12:7; S 15:14
- Exodus 3:8 : ver 17; Ex 13:5; 33:3; Lev 20:24; Nu 13:27; Dt 1:25; 6:3; 8:7-9; 11:9; 26:9; 27:3; Jos 5:6; Jer 11:5; 32:22; Eze 20:6
- Exodus 3:8 : Jos 11:3; Jdg 3:3; 2Sa 24:7
- Exodus 3:8 : S Ge 15:18-21; Ezr 9:1
- Exodus 3:9 : S Ex 1:14; S Nu 10:9
- Exodus 3:10 : Ex 4:12; Jos 24:5; 1Sa 12:8; Ps 105:26; Ac 7:34*
- Exodus 3:10 : Ex 6:13, 26; 12:41, 51; 20:2; Dt 4:20; 1Sa 12:6; 1Ki 8:16; Mic 6:4
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Moses lived an obscure life as a shepherd in Midian, humbly caring for sheep every day. It was at that time God chose to reveal himself to Moses through a burning bush, and Moses responded. Moses may have felt alone or forgotten, far from his people, but God was there; even Midian was holy ground! God visited Moses because of his covenant with the Patriarchs (2:24). Moses understood the holiness of God and hid his face.
2. 'I have seen the misery of my people' (6-10).
Moses had acted out of concern for his people, but could do nothing. Perhaps he wondered if God saw what was going on. But God indeed saw their suffering. God heard their crying; he was concerned for them, and came down to rescue them. To do so, God chose Moses: 'So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh.' Moses had tried his own plan, and it didn't work. Now God called Moses to action based on God's plan, and sent him to bring his people out of Egypt.
Prayer: Father, you are holy, you see all that is going on, and you are concerned. Thank you that you have a plan of salvation, and for the privilege to be part of it. Help me obey your plan today.
One Word: Where you are standing is holy