Exodus 3
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4And 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.
5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
18And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
20And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
21And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
22But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵלʼêlH41326× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אֵתʼêthH85322× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH43021× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- אָמַרʼâmarH55921× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- כִּיkîyH358810× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47149× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- מֹשֶׁהMôshehH48729× in this chapter
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72009× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34788× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- בֵּןbênH11217× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19807× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- שָׁלַחshâlachH79717× in this chapter
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- זֶהzehH20886× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- סְנֶהçᵉnehH55725× in this chapter
a bramble
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7765× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8345× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אָבʼâbH14× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20094× in this chapter
lo!
- לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- מִצְרִיMitsrîyH47134× in this chapter
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
- אָנֹכִיʼânôkîyH5954× in this chapter
I
- עַםʻamH59714× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9354× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbH32903× in this chapter
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33183× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- יִצְחָקYitschâqH33273× in this chapter
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
- עַתָּהʻattâhH62583× in this chapter
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
- אַבְרָהָםʼAbrâhâmH853× in this chapter
Abraham, the later name of Abram
- בָּעַרbâʻarH11972× in this chapter
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- דְּבַשׁdᵉbashH17062× in this chapter
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
- דּוֹרdôwrH17552× in this chapter
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- הוּאhûwʼH19312× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הַרharH20222× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- זוּבzûwbH21002× in this chapter
to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow
- זָקֵןzâqênH22052× in this chapter
old
- חִוִּיChivvîyH23402× in this chapter
a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine