Exodus 3:12

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Exodus 3:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

11 But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

12 “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

13 Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”

14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

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Exodus 4:12

Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”

Exodus 4:15

You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

Genesis 15:1

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

Genesis 31:3

Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

Deuteronomy 31:23

Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

Joshua 1:5

No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Matthew 28:20

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Mark 16:20

And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.

Acts 11:21

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Exodus 4:1

Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

Exodus 4:2

And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

Exodus 4:3

“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.

Exodus 4:4

“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

Exodus 4:5

“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

Exodus 4:6

Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.

Exodus 4:7

“Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.

Exodus 4:8

And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.

Exodus 4:9

But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”

Genesis 15:8

But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

Judges 6:17

Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

Judges 6:21

Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.

Judges 6:36

Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,

Judges 6:37

then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”

Judges 6:38

And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.

Judges 6:39

Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”

Judges 6:40

And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.

Judges 7:11

and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.

Judges 7:13

And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

Judges 7:14

His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”

Psalms 86:17

Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

Isaiah 37:30

And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Jeremiah 43:9

“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.

Jeremiah 43:10

Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

Jeremiah 51:63

When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

Jeremiah 51:64

Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.

Exodus 19:1

In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

Exodus 19:2

After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

Exodus 19:3

Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

Exodus 19:4

‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

Exodus 19:5

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Exodus 19:6

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Exodus 19:7

So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

Exodus 19:8

And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

Exodus 19:9

The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

Exodus 19:10

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:11

and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Exodus 19:12

And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 19:13

No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

Exodus 19:14

When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

Exodus 19:15

“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

Exodus 19:16

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

Exodus 19:17

Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Exodus 19:18

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

Exodus 19:19

And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

Exodus 19:20

The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

Exodus 19:21

and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

Exodus 19:22

Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”

Exodus 19:23

But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

Exodus 19:24

And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”

Exodus 19:25

So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

Leviticus 1:1

Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,

Leviticus 1:2

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.

Leviticus 1:3

If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

Leviticus 1:4

He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 1:5

And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 1:6

Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

Leviticus 1:7

The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.

Leviticus 1:8

Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar.

Leviticus 1:9

The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 1:10

If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.

Leviticus 1:11

He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.

Leviticus 1:12

He is to cut the animal into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and fat, atop the burning wood that is on the altar.

Leviticus 1:13

The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall bring all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 1:14

If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.

Leviticus 1:15

Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.

Leviticus 1:16

And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.

Leviticus 1:17

He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Numbers 1:1

On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:

Numbers 1:2

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

Numbers 1:3

You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

Numbers 1:4

And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

Numbers 1:5

These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

Numbers 1:6

from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

Numbers 1:7

from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

Numbers 1:8

from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

Numbers 1:9

from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

Numbers 1:10

from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;