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11. And Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

12. And He said, “I will be with you. And this shall be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.”

13. And Moses said to God, “Behold, 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?”

14. And God said to Moses, “I AM THAT I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

15. And God said to Moses again, “You shall say this 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 forever, and this is My title from generation to generation.’

16. Go, and gather the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD God of your fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, “I have surely visited you and have observed what is done to you in Egypt.

17. And I have said, ‘I will bring you up out of the affliction 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.’ ” ‘

18. And they shall hearken 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, we beseech you, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

19. And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

20. And I will stretch out My hand and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst of it. And after that he will let you go.

21. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And it shall be that when you go, you shall not go empty.

22. But every woman shall ask 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 upon your sons and upon your daughters. And you shall retrieve these from the Egyptians.”

 (A Faithful Version)

11. 摩西回應：我是誰，那有資格去見法老，更不要說將以色列人領出埃及。

12. 耶和華說：我必與你同往，這表明是我差你，而你是以此，作為對耶和華的事奉。

13. 摩西問：若到以色列人那裡，說是你們先祖相信那位耶和華差來。他們問。叫什麼名字？該如何回答？

14. 那就告訴他們，那是一位自有永有者。你們是以色列人，今日是被耶和華差來。

15. 耶和華吩咐摩西要這樣說：你們的身份是以色列人，你們列祖相信的耶和華，就是亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所相信的那位差來。可以稱祂為自有永有，世代通用的名號。

16. 先召集以色列的眾長老，說有位列祖相信的耶和華，是亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各都相信的，向我摩西顯現，叫我對你們說：祂實在眷顧你們，只因察看你們在埃及所遭遇的一切苦情。

17. 祂曾許諾領你們脫離埃及的苦難，到迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人那片流奶與蜜之地。

18. 這些長老必聽從你的話。你便可與眾長老到埃及王面前，對他說：耶和華希伯來人所相信的神，今日是我們敬拜的日子。可否容我們到曠野，約走三天的路程，在那地給耶和華我們的神獻祭。

19. 相信這位埃及王不會容許，非要用一些特別的手段，方有可能。

20. 到時會伸出大能手段，用奇事重創埃及，經過多番折騰。之後，才會讓你們離去。

21. 我會在埃及人面前，為我的子民行奇事，為此必會讓你們離去，而且不會兩手空空。

22. 你們從埃及人手中取得財富，婦女到那時，可以相互告之自己的鄰舍，她們藏起的金銀首飾和衣物，可以給你們的兒女穿戴。

這番對話，是摩西對著在燒的荊棘，看不到形象的對話，是用語言還是在心靈當中的對話，大家可以尋索，是個人很好的經驗。

這段對話的重點是：有耶和華與你同在，再難的事，都不用擔心。

摩西的質疑，是人性，有自知之明。那是個人能力與政權之間，那是個無限的差距。摩西反應是人之常情，人人遇到這種不可逆轉的勢力，那是對自己力量的認識，理性得非常合理的事。

若耶和華沒有親自的顯示，在心靈中，是一種與理性的掙扎，只是，這對話是人內心的真心話，耶和固然有足夠的能力，那是祂的，不是我的。人，依舊懷疑得合理。

耶和華明白這是不容易理解的事奉，面對比自己更大的權力，以人之力對碰，是極為不智的事，人要證明，合理。

耶和華就給摩西說明，祂以一套步驟，看來是可行，第一步被印證後，才進入第二步，如此類推。後果也讓他明白，是會出現，耶和華會用大能護祐，讓事情順利，而且後果出乎人意料之外。

這過程到實現的時候，和華保護的人不會有絲毫的傷害，而且以前暗地裡為自己積蓄的不時之需，都會變得光明正大。

耶和華對摩西這份應許，似乎在現今的講道當中，從沒有人被提及過。

耶和華的應許可以當真？摩西只是一個說明，在歷史中曾出現過，自那時起，事件完了，就再沒有。它是單一事件，還是因為人不相信做成？人，若是相信，有可能完滿地去解決，須要什麼前題的條件？都是很嚴肅的問題，也許最重要還是回到起初，摩西想什麼？