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Exodus 3: I Will Be What I Will Be

Chapter three begins the dialogue between Moshe and God about returning to Egypt to save the Israelites. One day while grazing sheep, Moshe notices a bush burning yet the bush is not consumed. The lowly bush symbolizes the Israelites’ lowly state. The Egyptian attempt to burn them out is unsuccessful because God protects them.

Despite this miraculous metaphor, Moshe is skeptical. If he returns to Egypt to take the Israelites out, they will not believe him. He asks God what name of God he should tell them:

“When I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers [house] has…

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