Exodus 3
- 1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- 2And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. And he looked, and the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
- 3And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
- 4And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am.
- 5And he said, Do not come near here. Take your shoes off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
- 6Also 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 on God.
- 7And the Lord said, I have surely seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their slave drivers. For I know their sorrows.
- 8And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- 9Now therefore the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. And I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
- 10Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring out my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
- 11And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring out the children of Israel out of Egypt?
- 12And he said, Certainly I will be with you. And this shall be a token to you, that I have sent you: When you have brought out the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
- 13And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say to them?
- 14And God said to Moses, I Am That I Am. And he said, Say this to the children of Israel, I Am has sent me to you.
- 15And God said also to Moses, This is what you shall say to the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- 16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
- 17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the suffering of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
- 18And they shall listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us: and now let us go, please three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
- 19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
- 20And I will stretch out my hand, and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in it: and after that he will let you go.
- 21And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And when you go, you shall not go empty.
- 22But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that stays in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing: and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Exodus 3 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVNow Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
GIGAKJVNow Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
KJVAnd the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
GIGAKJVAnd the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. And he looked, and the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
KJVAnd when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
GIGAKJVAnd when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am.
KJVAnd he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
GIGAKJVAnd he said, Do not come near here. Take your shoes off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
KJVMoreover he said, I am the God of thy 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 upon God.
GIGAKJVAlso 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 on God.
KJVAnd the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord said, I have surely seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their slave drivers. For I know their sorrows.
KJVAnd I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
GIGAKJVAnd I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
KJVNow therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
GIGAKJVNow therefore the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. And I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
KJVCome now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
GIGAKJVCome now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring out my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
KJVAnd Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
GIGAKJVAnd Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring out the children of Israel out of Egypt?
KJVAnd he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
GIGAKJVAnd he said, Certainly I will be with you. And this shall be a token to you, that I have sent you: When you have brought out the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
KJVAnd Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
GIGAKJVAnd Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say to them?
KJVAnd God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.
GIGAKJVAnd God said to Moses, I Am That I Am. And he said, Say this to the children of Israel, I Am has sent me to you.
KJVAnd God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
GIGAKJVAnd God said also to Moses, This is what you shall say to the children of Israel, the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
KJVGo, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
GIGAKJVGo, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
KJVAnd I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
GIGAKJVAnd I have said, I will bring you up out of the suffering of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
KJVAnd they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
GIGAKJVAnd they shall listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us: and now let us go, please three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
KJVAnd I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
GIGAKJVAnd I will stretch out my hand, and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in it: and after that he will let you go.
KJVAnd I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.
GIGAKJVAnd I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And when you go, you shall not go empty.
KJVBut every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
GIGAKJVBut every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that stays in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing: and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.
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