Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³⁰ And forty years having been fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of fire of a bush. ³¹ And having seen it, Moses was marveling-at the sight. And while he was approaching to look-closely, the voice of the Lord came: ³² ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob’. And having become trembling, Moses was not daring to look-closely. ³³ And the Lord said to him, ‘Untie the sandal from your feet, for the place upon which you stand is holy ground. ³⁴ Having seen, I saw^[a] the mistreatment of My people in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and I came down to rescue them. And now, come, I will^[b] send you forth to Egypt’.

This Moses Whom Israel Denied, God Sent To Be Both Ruler And Deliverer

³⁵ “This Moses whom they denied, having said, ‘Who appointed you ruler and judge?’ [Ex 2:14]— this one God has sent-forth to be both ruler and deliverer^[c], with^[d] the hand of the angel having appeared to him in the bush. ³⁶ This one led them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt land, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

This Moses Said That God Would Raise Up a Prophet Like Him

³⁷ “This one is the Moses having said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise-up a prophet like me for you from your brothers’ [Deut 18:15].

This Moses Brought Israel God’s Word, Which They Rejected

³⁸ “This one is the one having been in the congregation in the wilderness, with the angel speaking to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles^[e] to give to us— ³⁹ to whom our fathers were not willing to become obedient, but they rejected him and turned-away in their hearts to Egypt, ⁴⁰ having said to Aaron, ‘Make gods for us who will go before us. For this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what happened to him’ [Ex 32:1].