Exodus 3:2

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The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

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Egypt was the land where Israel was enslaved, setting the crisis that frames God’s call to Moses. Midian, east or southeast of Egypt, was Moses’ place of exile; at Mount Horeb (also called Sinai), God appeared in the burning bush and commissioned him to deliver Israel.

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Exodus 3:2 mentions Egypt, Midian and Mount Horeb.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Midian · Roupicou

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