31. When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:
32. I am the God of your fathers — the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. So Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.
33. “Then the Lord said to him:Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
34. I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.
35. “This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge? — this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36. This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness 40 years.