^20 (A)At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house, ²¹ and ^(B)when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. ²² And Moses ^(C)was instructed in ^(D)all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was ^(E)mighty in his words and deeds.

²³ “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart ^(F)to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. ²⁴ And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. ²⁵ He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand. ^26 (G)And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’ ²⁷ But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, ^(H)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? ²⁸ Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ ²⁹ At this retort ^(I)Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, ^(J)where he became the father of two sons.

³⁰ “Now when forty years had passed, ^(K)an angel appeared to him ^(L)in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. ³¹ When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord: ^32 (M)‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look. ³³ Then the Lord said to him, ^(N)‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. ^34 (O)I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and ^(P)have heard their groaning, and ^(Q)I have come down to deliver them. ^(R)And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

³⁵ “This Moses, whom they rejected, ^(S)saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer ^(T)by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. ^36 (U)This man led them out, performing ^(V)wonders and signs ^(W)in Egypt and ^(X)at the Red Sea and ^(Y)in the wilderness for ^(Z)forty years.