Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Put off thy shoes - The reverence due to holy places thus rests upon God' s own command. The custom itself is well known from the observances of the temple, it was almost universally adopted by the ancients, and is retained in the East.
Holy ground - This passage is almost conclusive against the assumption that the place was previously a sanctuary. Moses knew nothing of its holiness after some 40 years spent on the Peninsula. It became holy by the presence of God.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Exodus 3:5:
Genesis 16:1-16
Zechariah 2:12
Acts 7:33
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