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Moses sees a bush that is burning but not consumed. He hears a voice\xa0telling him to take off his shoes because it is a holy place. This is\xa0not because it is inherently holy, but because God is in this place.\xa0God tells Moses that He has seen His people's suffering and that He\xa0will uses Moses to deliver them from Egypt.

Moses protests, asking why God has chosen him. God explains that He\xa0will give Moses the words to say. God also gives Moses the name YHWH,\xa0meaning "I am who I am," to give to the Hebrews as the name of the God\xa0of their ancestors. \xa0This name was already given in Genesis, but it\xa0may have fallen into disuse while in Egypt. This name tells us\xa0something about who God is. He is eternal, is self-existent, and the\xa0source and sustainer of all that exists.

God turns Moses' rod into a snake and back into a rod, and shows him\xa0other signs that show that He is the Lord of over life and death, and\xa0over sickness and healing. He is the Lord of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,\xa0which indicates that He continues to be their god, implying that there\xa0is life after death.

Moses protests that he is not eloquent, but God will use Aaron to\xa0speak for Moses. God will harden Pharaoh's heart, though there are\xa0many times when Pharaoh will harden his own heart, and Moses tells\xa0Pharaoh that if he does not let the Hebrews go, He will take Pharaoh's\xa0firstborn.

Upon returning, God tries to kill Moses for not circumcising his sons,\xa0but Moses' wife Zipporah circumcises their children and saves his life.