Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³⁰ “After another forty years, an angel appeared to him in the desert at Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. ³¹ When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the vision. But, as he came closer to see, there came the voice of the Lord: ³² ‘I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.’ Moses was very frightened, and didn’t dare to look. ³³ But the Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. ³⁴ I have looked long and hard at the trouble my people are having in Egypt. I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. So, come on now: I’m going to send you to Egypt.’ ”