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Exodus 3:4

Exodus 3:4 is verse 4 of Exodus chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

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King James Version

And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

World English Bible

When Yahweh saw that he came over to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”

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Exodus 3:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

3 So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”

4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.

5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

6 Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Deuteronomy 33:16

with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Genesis 22:1

Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

Genesis 22:11

Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Genesis 46:2

And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.

1 Samuel 3:4

Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 3:6

Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”

1 Samuel 3:8

Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 3:10

Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

Psalms 62:11

God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Acts 10:3

One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

Acts 10:13

Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

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