1 And Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. 2 And the angel of Shema appeared to him in a flame of fire from the middle of a bush, and he looked, and, look, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not burned up. 3 And Moses said: “I will go over, and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn up.” 4 And when God saw that he went over to see, God called to him from the middle of the bush, and said: “Moses, Moses”. And he said: “Here I am.” 5 And he said: “Do not come near, take your shoes off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 And he said: “I am the God of your ancestors,⁠a the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

7 And Shema said: “I have surely seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; for I know his sorrow; 8 and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9 And now, look, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, also I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.” 11 And Moses said to God: “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” 12 And he said: “I will certainly be with you, and this shall be the sign to you, that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.” 13 And Moses said to God: “Look, when I come to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is his name?’ What shall I say to them?”

14 And God said to Moses: “I AM THAT I AM,” and he said: “You shall say this to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 15 And God also said to Moses: “You shall say this to the children of Israel, ‘Shema, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’. This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered through all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of the children of Israel together, and say to them, ‘Shema, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, ‘I have surely observed you, and what has been done to you in Egypt, 17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the suffering of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey,’ 18 and they shall listen to your voice. And you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, ‘Shema, the God of the Hebrews, has called upon us. Please let us travel for three days into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to Shema our God.’

19 And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you permission to go, except by a mighty hand. 20 And I will reach out my hand, and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in it, and after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed. 22 But every man shall ask his neighbor, and every woman shall ask her neighbor and the woman staying in her house, for silver vessels, and gold vessels, and clothing, and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters, and you shall plunder the Egyptians.”