Exodus 3:13-20

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¹³Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’^(A) Then what shall I tell them?”

¹⁴God said to Moses, “I am who I am.^[a] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am^(B) has sent me to you.’”

¹⁵God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,^[b] the God of your fathers^(C)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob^(D)—has sent me to you.’

“This is my name^(E) forever,
the name you shall call me
from generation to generation.^(F)

¹⁶“Go, assemble the elders^(G) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob^(H)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen^(I) what has been done to you in Egypt. ¹⁷And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt^(J) into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’^(K)

¹⁸“The elders of Israel will listen^(L) to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,^(M) has met^(N) with us. Let us take a three-day journey^(O) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices^(P) to the Lord our God.’ ¹⁹But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand^(Q) compels him. ²⁰So I will stretch out my hand^(R) and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders^(S) that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.^(T)

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Footnotes

Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.

Psalm 105:1-15

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Psalm 105^(A)

¹Give praise to the Lord,^(B) proclaim his name;^(C)
    make known among the nations what he has done.
²Sing to him,^(D) sing praise to him;^(E)
    tell of all his wonderful acts.^(F)
³Glory in his holy name;^(G)
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
⁴Look to the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face^(H) always.

⁵Remember the wonders^(I) he has done,
    his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,^(J)
⁶you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,^(K)
    his chosen^(L) ones, the children of Jacob.
⁷He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He remembers his covenant^(M) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
⁹the covenant he made with Abraham,^(N)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁰He confirmed it^(O) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:^(P)
¹¹“To you I will give the land of Canaan^(Q)
    as the portion you will inherit.”^(R)

¹²When they were but few in number,^(S)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,^(T)
¹³they wandered from nation to nation,^(U)
    from one kingdom to another.
¹⁴He allowed no one to oppress^(V) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(W)
¹⁵“Do not touch^(X) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(Y) no harm.”

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Matthew 11:28-30

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²⁸“Come to me,^(A) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.^(B) ²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,^(C) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.^(D) ³⁰For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”^(E)