Moses at the Burning Bush by Rembrandt

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Moses married Jethro’s daughter, Zipporah. One day while shepherding Jethro’s sheep at Mount Horeb, Moses encountered a strange site, that would change his world forever.

Exodus 3:2-4

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. Moses said, "I must turn aside to look at this marvelous sight; why doesn’t the bush burn up?"When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush: "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Here I am."

It is at the burning bush where G-d declared that the time of Redemption is at hand and commissioned Moses to return to Egypt and lead his people to freedom.

Moses at the Burning Bush by Rembrandt
Collection of Sir Max J. Bonn, London
Rembrandt van Rijn

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In the Bible

Exodus 3:3-4

Moses said, "I must turn aside to look at this marvellous sight; why doesn’t the bush burn up?"

When the L-RD saw that he had turned aside to look, G-d called to him out of the bush: "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Here I am."

שְׁמוֹת ג':ג'-ד'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה "אָסֻֽרָה-נָּ֣א וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה אֶת-הַמַּרְאֶ֥ה הַגָּדֹ֖ל הַזֶּ֑ה מַדּ֖וּעַ לֹֽא-יִבְעַ֥ר הַסְּנֶֽה": וַיַּ֥רְא ה' כִּ֣י סָ֣ר לִרְא֑וֹת וַיִּקְרָא֩ אֵלָ֨יו אֱלֹקים מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַסְּנֶ֗ה וַיֹּ֛אמֶר"מֹשֶׁ֥ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה" וַיֹּ֥אמֶר "הִנֵּֽנִי":