7:30 “After 1 forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert 2 of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. 3 7:31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord, 7:32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, 4 the God of Abraham, Isaac, 5 and Jacob.’ 6 Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. 7 7:33 But the Lord said to him, ‘Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 8 7:34 I have certainly seen the suffering 9 of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. 10 Now 11 come, I will send you to Egypt.’ 12 7:35 This same 13 Moses they had rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge?’ 14 God sent as both ruler and deliverer 15 through the hand of the angel 16 who appeared to him in the bush.