¹⁶ And ^(A)when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and ^(B)sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

^19 (A)Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,

² I will send an ^(A)angel before you, ^(B)and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Conquest of Canaan Promised

^20 (A)“Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.

^2 (A)And ^(B)the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. ³ And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” ⁴ When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, ^(C)God called to him ^(D)out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” ⁵ Then he said, “Do not come near; ^(E)take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” ⁶ And he said, ^(F)“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for ^(G)he was afraid to look at God.

⁷ Then the Lord said, ^(H)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their ^(I)taskmasters. I know their sufferings, ⁸ and ^(J)I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and ^(K)to bring them up out of that land to a ^(L)good and broad land, a land ^(M)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of ^(N)the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. ⁹ And now, behold, ^(O)the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the ^(P)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

¹⁰ When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel ^(A)cried out to the Lord.

⁵ Moreover, ^(A)I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.

God Hears Israel's Groaning

^23 (A)During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^(B)groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^(C)Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. ²⁴ And ^(D)God heard their groaning, and God ^(E)remembered his covenant with ^(F)Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.