28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' (Exodus 2:14)
29 When Moses heard this, he escaped to Midian. He lived there as a stranger. He became the father of two sons there.
30 "Forty years passed. Then an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush. This happened in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31 When Moses saw the bush, he was amazed. He went over for a closer look. There he heard the Lord's voice.
32 'I am the God of your fathers,' the Lord said. 'I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.' (Exodus 3:6) Moses shook with fear. He didn't dare to look.
33 "Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your sandals. The place you are standing on is holy ground.
34 I have seen my people beaten down in Egypt. I have heard their groans. I have come down to set them free. Now come. I will send you back to Egypt.' (Exodus 3:5,7,8,10)