22. Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in words and in deeds.
23. “When he was forty years old, it came to his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.
24. But seeing one being wronged, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck the Egyptian.
25. He supposed that his brothers would understand that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.
26. On the next day he appeared to them as they fought and tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’
27. “But the one wronging his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?
28. Will you kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29. Moses fled at this word and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30. “When forty years had passed, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31. When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he drew near to look at it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,
32. ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
33. “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.