2 And ^wthe angel of the Lord ^xappeared 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. 3 And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” 4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, ^yGod called to him out of the bush, ^z“Moses, Moses!” And he said, ^a“Here I am.” 5 Then he said, ^b“Do not come near; ^ctake your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 And he said, ^d“I am ^ethe God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses ^fhid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

20 ^k“Behold, I send an ^langel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. 21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not ^mrebel against him, for ⁿhe will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

22 “But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then ^oI will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

23 ^p“When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,