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He said, "Don`t come close. Take off your sandals from off your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
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God's Presence Creates Holiness
Commentators unanimously explain that this patch of desert was not special in itself. It became "holy ground" simply because God was present there. Scholars note this teaches that true holiness is not tied to a physical location but is a direct result of the presence of the holy God.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Put off thy shoes - The reverence due to holy places thus rests upon God’s own command. The custom itself is well known from the ob…
19th Century
Anglican
Put off thy shoes. —Rather, your sandals. It is doubtful whether shoes were known at this early date. They would…
Baptist
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said, draw not near here; Keep a proper distance: put off your shoes from off your feet;…
The years of the life of Moses are divided into three periods of forty years: the first forty he spent as a prince in Pharaoh's court, the second a…
