1491 BC · Egypt and Exodus

The burning bush; Moses sent to Pharaoh

At Horeb the LORD appeared to Moses in a bush that burned without being consumed, revealed his name, I AM WHO I AM, and sent him to bring Israel out of Egypt (Exodus 3:2-14). This falls at the approach of the Exodus year, Moses being 80 (Exodus 7:7).

📖 Exodus 3:1

1Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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