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Chapter 59: God, separate from the Father, conversed with Moses.
AFTER I HAD SAID THESE WORDS: I continued: "Allow me, furthermore, to show you from the book of Exodus how this same One, who is both Angel, and God, and Lord, and man, and who appeared in human form to Abraham and Isaac, appeared in a flame of fire from the bush and spoke with Moses." And after they said they would listen cheerfully, patiently, and eagerly, I went on: "These words are in the book titled Exodus: 'And after many days the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel groaned because of the works;' and so on until, 'Go and gather the elders of Israel, and you shall say to them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, I am surely observing you, and the things that have happened to you in Egypt.'" In addition to these words, I continued: "Have you noticed, sirs, that this very God whom Moses speaks of as an Angel that spoke to him in the flame of fire, declares to Moses that He is the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob?"