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J A N U A R Y
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Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob.” When Moses heard this, he
covered his face because he was afraid
to look at God.
7 Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people
in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.
8So I have come down to rescue them
from the power of the Egyptians and
lead them out of Egypt into their own
fertile and spacious land. It is a land
flowing with milk and honey—the land
where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites
now live. 9Look! The cry of the people of
Israel has reached me, and I have seen
how harshly the Egyptians abuse them.
10Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel
out of Egypt.”
11But Moses protested to God, “Who
am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am
I to lead the people of Israel out of
Egypt?”
12God answered, “I will be with you.
And this is your sign that I am the one
who has sent you: When you have
brought the people out of Egypt, you
will worship God at this very mountain.”
13But Moses protested, “If I go to the
people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God
of your ancestors has sent me to you,’
they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’
Then what should I tell them?”
14God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I
AM.* Say this to the people of Israel: I AM
has sent me to you.” 15 God also said to
Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel:
Yahweh,* the God of your ancestors—
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob—has sent me to
you.
This is my eternal name,
my name to remember for all
generations.
16“Now
go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘Yahweh, the
God of your ancestors—the God of Abra-
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ham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to
me. He told me, “I have been watching
closely, and I see how the Egyptians are
treating you. 17 I have promised to rescue
you from your oppression in Egypt. I will
lead you to a land flowing with milk and
honey—the land where the Canaanites,
Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites,
and Jebusites now live.”’
18“The elders of Israel will accept
your message. Then you and the elders
must go to the king of Egypt and tell
him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,
has met with us. So please let us take a
three-day journey into the wilderness to
offer sacrifices to the Lord, our God.’
19“But I know that the king of Egypt
will not let you go unless a mighty hand
forces him.* 20So I will raise my hand
and strike the Egyptians, performing all
kinds of miracles among them. Then at
last he will let you go. 21And I will cause
the Egyptians to look favorably on you.
They will give you gifts when you go
so you will not leave empty-handed.
22Every Israelite woman will ask for articles of silver and gold and fine clothing from her Egyptian neighbors and
from the foreign women in their
houses. You will dress your sons and
daughters with these, stripping the
Egyptians of their wealth.”
2:22 Gershom sounds like a Hebrew term that means
“a foreigner there.” 2:25 Or and acknowledged his
obligation to help them. 3:1a Moses’ father-in-law went by
two names, Jethro and Reuel. 3:1b Hebrew Horeb, another
name for Sinai. 3:6 Greek version reads your fathers.
3:14 Or I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE. 3:15 Yahweh (also in
3:16) is a transliteration of the proper name YHWH that is
sometimes rendered “Jehovah”; in this translation it is
usually rendered “the LORD” (note the use of small capitals).
3:19 As in Greek and Latin versions; Hebrew reads will not
let you go, not by a mighty hand.
MATTHEW 17:10-27
Then his disciples asked him, “Why do
the teachers of religious law insist that
Elijah must return before the Messiah
comes?*”
11 Jesus replied, “Elijah is indeed
coming first to get everything ready.
12But I tell you, Elijah has already come,
but he wasn’t recognized, and they
chose to abuse him. And in the same
way they will also make the Son of Man
