Exodus 3

Treated in 26 passages across the library.

  • 3:14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Tell the Israelites this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'" 8
  • 3:7 The LORD said, "I have taken full note of the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them cry out under their taskmasters. I know how they are suffering. 4
  • 3:12 God answered, "I will be with you. And this will be your proof that I am the one who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will all worship God here on this mountain." 4
  • 3:2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire coming out of a bush. Moses looked, and although the bush was ablaze, it was not burning away. 3
  • 3:6 Then God said, "I am the God your father worshiped, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob." Moses covered his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. 2
  • 3:11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I to go to Pharaoh, and to bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" 2
  • 3:13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What answer am I to give them?" 2
  • 3:4 When the LORD saw that he had come over to look, God called out to him from the bush: "Moses! Moses!" "Yes, I am here," he answered. 1
  • 3:5 "Come no nearer," God said. "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy ground." 1
  • 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the power of Egypt and to lead them up out of that country into a fine, wide land, a land flowing with milk and honey, where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. 1
  • 3:9 The outcry of the Israelites has now reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians are crushing them. 1
  • 3:15 God also told Moses, "Say this to the Israelites: 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has sent me to you.' That is my name for all time, the name by which I am to be remembered in every generation. 1
  • 3:19 I know, though, that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless he is forced by a mighty hand. 1
  • 3:21 I will make the Egyptians look kindly on this people, so that when you leave, you will not go away with nothing. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    What is His Name? cites Exodus 3:14

    …has sent me to you,” and they ask me, “What is his name?” what shall I say to them?’” Exodus 3:14 The vital question of all ages and of every human heart is expressed here: “What is his…

  2. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    The God Who Hears cites Exodus 3:14

    …the name of the God who sent him, what should he say? God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). And He told him what to say: “I AM has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:14). God’s name is…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Exod 3: 5

    …off his shoes from his feet, in token of reverence, when God was about to speak to him. Exod 3: 5, 6. (3) If God spake all these words of the moral law, then we must remember them. Surely…

  4. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Hearing God’s Voice cites Exodus 3:2

    …was not being consumed! The leaves remained green, though the flames licked about them (Exodus 3:2). He had never seen anything like this wonder in all his time in Egypt as Pharaoh’s son…

  5. The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote · Ochorus Originals

    O Prejudice cites EXODUS 3:7

    …Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. EXODUS 3:7 A door refused Her witness was not only in what she endured but in what she refused. In…

  6. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Exordium cites Exod. iii. 6

    …“I am the God of Abraham, &c., God is not the God of the dead but of the living;” (Exod. iii. 6,) this they were not able to resist, nor had they a word to gainsay. But did they…

  7. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Jehovah cites Exodus 3:12

    …Lord’s answer to the fears and anxieties of Israel was simply this: “I will be with you” (Exodus 3:12). Nothing more needed to be said. His presence was a complete guarantee that all their…

  8. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Moses cites Exodus 3:2

    …to follow His leading by faith . First, however, there had to be the burning bush (Exodus 3:2), where God had great difficulty in persuading His servant to have more confidence in His…

  9. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 17 — Use to Be Made of the Doctrine of Providence cites Exod. 3:21

    …us favour, not only with those who wish us well, but also in the eyes of the Egyptians (Exod. 3:21), in various ways defeating the malice of our enemies. Sometimes he deprives them of all…

  10. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    The Infinite God cites EXODUS 3:14

    …and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. EXODUS 3:14 Everything else that exists was made, and so owes its existence to something outside…

  11. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Who Made God? cites Exodus 3:14

    …90:2). When Moses asked God His name at the burning bush, God answered, “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). Notice that He doesn’t say “I became” or “I was made”. Everything else in the universe…

  12. The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo · Ochorus Originals

    What Then Is Time? cites EXODUS 3:14

    …or a future He is waiting for. He simply is. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM. EXODUS 3:14 Augustine puts it in lines of great beauty. “Thy years are one day; and Thy day is not…

  13. Pensées (For Teens) · Blaise Pascal

    The Genius Who Met Fire cites Exodus 3:6

    …am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” — Exodus 3:6 (KJV) Imagine a boy who teaches himself geometry before anyone gets round to teaching…

  14. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of January cites Exod. 3:12

    …will deliver me. Jan. 17 A MAN WITHOUT FEAR "And he said, Certainly I will be with thee." Exod. 3:12 Of course, if the Lord sent Moses on an errand, He would not let him go alone. The…

  15. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    August cites Exodus 3:7

    …and hence the covenant is an everlasting covenant. August 14 “I know their sorrows.” (Exodus 3:7) The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows;” and shall not we be comforted…

  16. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    Ten Words on a Mountain cites Exodus 3:12

    …you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain” (Exodus 3:12). God keeps His word. They’ll stay here for nearly a year. It is one of the biggest…

  17. Tell Me the Story – Book 2: Out of Egypt · Ochorus Originals

    The Bush That Didn’t Burn Up cites Exodus 3:14

    “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’” — Exodus 3:14 Moses grew up in Pharaoh’s palace, but he knew he was an Israelite. One day, when he was…

  18. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Exod. iii. 19

    …to obey God’s command, in letting his people go, was foretold. God says to Moses, Exod. iii. 19. “I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go.” Here God professes not only to…

  19. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Exod. 3:11

    …the persons, that others are fitter for it than they; as it was with Moses and Jeremiah (Exod. 3:11, Jer. 1:6), though they were such eminent saints, and of great knowledge. It is not…

  20. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Church Which Christ Builds cites Exod. iii. 2

    …burning, though not consumed—a woman fleeing into the wilderness, but not swallowed up. (Exod. iii. 2; Rev. xii. 6, 16.) The visible Churches have their times of prosperity and seasons of…

  21. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Knowledge of God cites Exod 3:7

    …I beaten with rods;’ as if you should see a scullion whip the king’s son. God beholds it. Exod 3:7. ‘I know their sorrows.’ The wicked make wounds in the backs of the saints, and then pour…

  22. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Eternity of God cites Exod 3:14

    …1:1. No creature can write itself Alpha, that is only a flower of the crown of heaven. Exod 3:14. ‘I am that I am,’ that is, He who exists from and to eternity. Use one: Here is thunder…

  23. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites Exod. 3:4

    …own word. Moses, the prince of all the prophets, was to be heard in preference to others (Exod. 3:4; Deut. 17:9); but he is previously furnished with his orders, that he may not be able to…

  24. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    Moses, the Man of Prayer cites Exodus 3:11-13

    …his first call in Egypt, Moses prayed. He asked God what he was to say to the people (Exodus 3:11-13). He told Him all his weaknesses and besought Him to be relieved of his mission (…

  25. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Three Kinds of Faith cites Exodus 3:13-15

    …Himself as a God of mercy and grace, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth (Exodus 3:13-15). In biblical days, one’s name spoke of their character, as will be seen if you make a…

  26. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    February cites Exo 3:7-9

    …God did not save Israel from the ordeal of affliction, but passed through it with them (Exo 3:7-9; Isa 63:9). Evidently there was a wise purpose to be served by those bitter Egyptian…