While tending sheep at Horeb, Moses encounters God in a burning bush that is not consumed and is commissioned to deliver Israel from Egypt. God reveals His name as 'I AM WHO I AM' (YHWH), establishing the covenant name by which He will be known throughout generations. Moses receives signs to authenticate his mission and is assured that after the exodus, Israel will worship God on this very mountain.
Deliverer of Israel, mediator of the covenant, lawgiver, and prophet who spoke with God face to face
Moses' brother, spokesman before Pharaoh, and first high priest of Israel
King of Egypt who oppressed Israel and hardened his heart against God, ultimately destroyed at the Red Sea
Sister of Moses and Aaron, prophetess who led Israel in worship after the Red Sea crossing
Moses' father-in-law, priest of Midian who advised Moses on leadership and organization
Moses' assistant and military leader who fought the Amalekites and accompanied Moses on Sinai
Father of Many Nations
Son of Abraham
Father of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
Land of Israel's slavery and the setting for God's dramatic acts of judgment and redemption through the plagues
Site of Israel's miraculous deliverance where God parted the waters and destroyed Pharaoh's pursuing army
The mountain of God where the covenant was established, the Law given, and God's glory descended in fire and cloud
God reveals himself to Moses at the burning bush, declares his name I AM, and commissions Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt.
The very first person the Bible describes as 'filled with the Spirit of God' isn't a prophet or a king, it's Bezalel, a craftsman gifted for artistic design, gold-work and carving to build the Tabernacle (Exodus 31:1-5). Creativity itself is treated as a divine gift.
Exodus 31:1-5When Moses asked God's name at the burning bush, God answered 'I AM WHO I AM'—in Hebrew, 'Ehyeh asher Ehyeh.' This divine name emphasizes God's eternal, self-existent nature and faithful presence.
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