In context
29At these words Moses fled, and he lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he had two sons. 30Forty years later, in the desert near Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the flame of a burning bush. 31Moses was amazed at the sight; and as he came closer to look, the voice of the Lord came: 32‘I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look. 33The Lord said to him, ‘Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
