23. “But when he was forty years old, it entered in his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.
24. And when he saw one of them being unjustly harmed, he defended him and avenged the one who had been oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.
25. And he thought his brothers would understand that God was granting deliverance to them by his hand, but they did not understand.
26. And on the following day, he made an appearance to them while they were fighting and was attempting to reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men and brothers, why are you doing wrong to one another?’
27. But the one who was doing wrong to his neighbor pushed him aside, saying, ‘Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?
28. You do not want to do away with me the same way you did away with the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’
29. And at this statement, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30. “And when forty years had been completed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush.
31. And when Moses saw it, he was astonished at the sight, and when he approached to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:
32. ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob!’ So Moses began trembling and did not dare to look at it.
33. And the Lord said to him, ‘Untie the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.