30. “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
31. When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,
32. ‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.
33. But the Lord said to him, ‘Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.