The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Exodus 3, Post #1
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Exodus 3:1-6
And now we are starting chapter three in Exodus. Moshe (Moses) heads up the mountain where mal'akh YHVH (the angel of YHVH) appeared to him in flame of fire in the midst of the bush. He saw that the bush was burning but was not being burnt up. Moshe turned aside to find out why the bush was not being burned.
That is when God chose to speak to him. He called out to Moshe using only his name. Moshe responded and God told him to come near and take off his sandals because the place he where he was standing is Holy Ground.
He introduced himself to Moshe as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Moshe hid his face because he was afraid to look at the God. Moshe did not want to look at "The God" and I love that "The" is used as if to say the others are faking it. They are not gods at all.
The other thing that strikes me is how the messenger (called an 'angel' in English) is the one who appears as a burning bush, then Elohim speaks once the oddity is observed.
Today's reading
English
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, "I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned." When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am." Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, f or the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Hebrew
The story continues next as God brings up slavery...
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