What did the people do when they saw the fire of YHWH?
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What did the people do when they saw the fire of YHWH?
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The burning bush is an object described by the Book of Exodus[3:1–4:17] 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.[1] In the biblical narrative, the burning bush is the location at which Moses was appointed by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan.
The Hebrew word in the narrative that is translated into English as bush is seneh (סנה [səneh]), which refers in particular to brambles;[2][3][4] seneh is a biblical dis legomenon, only appearing in two places, both of which describe the burning bush.[3] It is possible that the reference to a burning bush is based on a mistaken interpretation of Sinai (סיני [sinaj]), a mountain described in Exodus 19:18 as being on fire.[3][5] Another possibility is that the use of seneh (סנה [sˈne]) may be a deliberate pun on Sinai (סיני), a feature common in Hebrew texts.[6]