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Exodus 3:3
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Moses at the Burning Bush

1 Now Moses was tending the flock of aJethro his father-in-law, bthe priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to cHoreb, dthe mountain of God.  
2 And athe Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.  
3 Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this agreat sight, why the bush does not burn.”  
4 So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called ato him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”  
5 Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. aTake your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”  
6 Moreover He said, a“I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for bhe was afraid to look upon God.  
7 And the Lord said: a“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry bbecause of their taskmasters, cfor I know their sorrows.  
8 So aI have come down to bdeliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to ca good and large land, to a land dflowing with milk and honey, to the place of ethe Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.  
9 Now therefore, behold, athe cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the boppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.  
Verse Comparison: Exodus 3:3

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American Standard Version
And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Amplified® Bible
And Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.

Contemporary English Version
"This is strange!" he said to himself. "I'll go over and see why the bush isn't burning up."

Darby English Version
And Moses said, Let me now turn aside and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt.

Good News Bible
"This is strange," he thought. "Why isn't the bush burning up? I will go closer and see."

King James Version
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

New American Standard Bible
So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up."

New International Version
So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up."

New King James Version
Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush has not burned up.

Revised Standard Version
And Moses said, "I will turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith, `Let me turn aside, I pray thee, and I see this great appearance; wherefore is the bush not burned?'


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