4 The Lord saw that Moses had gone over to look. So God spoke to him from inside the bush. He called out, "Moses! Moses!" "Here I am," Moses said.
5 "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals. The place you are standing on is holy ground."
6 He continued, "I am the God of your father. I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob." When Moses heard that, he turned his face away. He was afraid to look at God.
7 The Lord said, "I have seen my people suffer in Egypt. I have heard them cry out because of their slave drivers. I am concerned about their suffering.
8 "So I have come down to save them from the Egyptians. I will bring them up out of that land. I will bring them into a good land. It has a lot of room. It is a land that has plenty of milk and honey. It is the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
9 "And now Israel's cry for help has reached me. I have seen the way the Egyptians are beating them down.
10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh. I want you to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. They are my people."