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12 God said to Moses, ‘Be sure of this: I will be with you. After you have led the people out of Egypt you will all worship me here, on this mountain. That will show you that I myself have sent you to do this.’[a]

13 Then Moses said to God, ‘If I go to the Israelites, they may not believe me. I will say, “The God that your ancestors worshipped has sent me to you.” But then they will ask me, “What is his name?” Then what will I say to them?’

14 God said to Moses, ‘I am who I am! Say this to the Israelite people: “I AM has sent me to you.” ’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:12 Moses did not need to be afraid to do what God told him to do. God would be with him.
  2. 3:14 God told Moses that his name is ‘I am who I am.’ The words can mean, ‘I am what I am.’ They can also mean, ‘I will be what I will be.’ He was already God from the beginning, before he made the world. See Genesis 1:1. He is God now, at the present time. He will be God in the future time, for ever.