^{30 Ref} "When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

^{31 Ref} When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

^{32 Ref} 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.

^{33 Ref} The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

^{34 Ref} I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.'

^{35 Ref} "This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.