30. After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
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.