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Moses's burning bush experience

Published October 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM

1820s
Midian

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Millennial Star Research

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While tending sheep in Midian, Moses beheld a bush burning but not consumed. Upon approaching it, the Lord called to him from the midst of the bush, declaring it holy ground and revealing Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, subsequently commanding Moses to deliver Israel from Egyptian bondage.

In Their Own Words

“While I was tending the sheep one day I beheld a burning bush. I went over to see the strange sight, and as I approached the bush God called unto me out of the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses." And I said, "Here am I." And He said, "Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." — Millennial Star 68:48”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 68, No. 48 (1906). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar6848eng (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)

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