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The burning bush is an object described by the Book of Exodus as being located on Mount Horeb. According to the narrative, the bush was on fire, but was not consumed by the flames, hence the name. In the biblical narrative, the burning bush is the location at which Moses was appointed by Yahweh (God) to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan. The Hebrew word used in the narrative, that is translated into English as ''bush'', is ''seneh'' (סנה), which refers in particular to brambles;〔Cheyne and Black, ''Encyclopedia Biblica''〕〔''Jewish Encyclopedia''〕〔''Peake's commentary on the Bible''〕 ''seneh'' is a biblical dis legomenon, only appearing in two places, both of which describe the ''burning bush''.〔 It is possible that the reference to a burning bush is based on a mistaken interpretation of ''Sinai'' (סיני), a mountain described by the Bible as being on fire.〔〔Cheyne and Black, ''Encyclopedia Biblica''〕 Another possibility is that the use of ''seneh'' (סנה) may be a deliberate pun on ''Sinai'' (סיני), a feature common in Yahwistic texts.〔 ==Biblical narrative== In the narrative, an angel of the Lord is described as appearing in the bush, and God is subsequently described as calling out from it to Moses, who had been grazing Jethro's flocks there.〔 When Moses starts to approach, God tells Moses to take off his sandals first, due to the place being holy ground, and Moses hides his face. Some Old Testament scholars regard the account of the ''burning bush'' as being spliced together from the Jahwist and Elohist texts, with the Angel of Yahweh and the removal of sandals being part of the Yahwist version, and the Elohist's parallels to these being God and the turning away of Moses' face, respectively.〔''Jewish Encyclopedia'', ''Book of Exodus''〕〔''Peake's commentary on the Bible''〕 When challenged on his identity, Yahweh replies that he is the God of the Patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – and that he is ''Yahweh''. The text derives ''Yahweh'' () from the Hebrew word ''hayah'' (), meaning ''he who is he'', or ''I am that I am'';〔 the Kabbalah takes this to mean that Yahweh himself is equal to his name. The text portrays Yahweh as telling Moses that he is sending him to the Pharaoh in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, an action that Yahweh is described as having decided upon as a result of noticing that the Israelites were being oppressed by the Egyptians. Yahweh tells Moses to tell the ''elders'' of the Israelites that Yahweh would lead them into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, a region generally referred to as a whole by the term ''Canaan''; this is described as being a land of ''milk and honey''.〔 According to the narrative: Yahweh instructs Moses to confront the Egyptians and Israelites and briefs the prophet on what is to take place. Yahweh then performs various demonstrative miracles in order to bolster Moses' credibility. Among other things, his staff was transmuted into a snake, Moses' hand was temporarily made leprous, and water was transmuted into blood, In the text, Yahweh instructs Moses to take ''this staff'' in his hands, in order to perform miracles with it,〔 as if it is a staff given to him, rather than his own;〔 some textual scholars propose that this latter instruction is the Elohist's version of the more detailed earlier description, where Moses uses his own staff, which they attribute to the Yahwist.〔〔 Despite the ''signs'', Moses is described as being very reluctant to take on the role, arguing that he lacked eloquence, and that someone else should be sent instead; in the text, Yahweh reacts by angrily rebuking Moses for presuming to lecture the One who made the mouth on who was qualified to speak and not to speak. Yet Yahweh concedes and allows Aaron to be sent to assist Moses, since Aaron is eloquent and was already on his way to meet Moses. This is the first time in the Torah that Aaron is mentioned, and here he is described as being Moses' mouth piece. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「burning bush」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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