30. “After 40 years Moses was in the desert near Mount Sinai. An angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush.
31. When Moses saw this, he was amazed. He went near to look closer at it. Moses heard the Lord’s voice.
32. The Lord said, ‘I am the God of your ancestors. I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses began to shake with fear and was afraid to look.
33. The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals. You are standing on holy ground.