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  1. 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 to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.”

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    While tending his father-in-law Jethro's sheep in the land of Midian, Mosessaw a baffling sight on Mount Horeb. A bush was on fire, but it did not burn up. Moses went over to the burning bush to investigate, and the voice of God called to him. God explained that he had seen how miserable his chosen people, the Hebrews, were in Egypt, where they wer...

    The names Mount Horeb and Mount Sinai are used interchangeably in the Bible. Several sites in the Sinai Peninsula have been proposed by scholars, including Jebel Musa (Mount Moses) and Jebel al-Law...
    Scientists have tried to deny the miracle of the burning bush with various theories. Some say it was a "gas-plant," vegetation which emits a flammable substance. Others claim the fire was caused by...
    In the passage, God's name, "I AM", reveals his independent existence and eternal nature, unbound by past, present or future. Jesus Christ used this term to express his divinity: "Very truly I tell...
    After Moses completed his assignment of leading the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt, he returned to this same holy mountain, where God gave him the Ten Commandments.

    God promised Moses from the burning bush that he would be with him throughout this difficult ordeal. In predicting the birth of Jesus, the prophet Isaiah said, "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us"). (Matthew 1:23, NIV) All throughout His Word, God promises always to be with u...

    The New Compact Bible Dictionary, edited by T. Alton Bryant.
    The Bible Almanac, edited by J.I. Packer, Merrill C. Tenney, and William White Jr.
    The Bible as History, by Werner Keller.
    • Jack Zavada
    • Exodus 3. 1 Now 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 Horeb, the mountain of God.
    • Exodus 4:1-20. 1 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you’?” 2 Then the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
    • 2 Thessalonians 1:8. 8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Commentaries for 2 Thessalonians 1:8. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
    • Deuteronomy 33:16. 16 with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
  2. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. New Living Translation. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up. English Standard Version.

  3. Moses and the Burning Bush. 1 Now 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 Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush.

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