Exodus 3:5 (WEB)
He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
Catechism · 3
I Believe in God
“Before the burning bush, Moses takes off his sandals and veils his face in the presence of God's holiness.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. EX 3:5-6
In the Old Testament
“From the midst of the burning bush he calls Moses.” — Catechism footnote: Ex 3:1-10.
"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
“From the burning bush Moses heard a voice saying to him, "Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."” — Catechism footnote: Ex 3:5.
Fathers and councils · 14
Jerome
“This is that Moses who when he saw a great vision and heard an angel, or the Lord speaking in the bush, could not by any means approach to him without first loosing the latchet of his shoe, that is, putting off the bonds of marriage.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 5.
Read the whole comment“Similarly, when Moses and Joshua were bidden to remove their shoes because the ground on which they stood was holy, the command had a mystical meaning.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 5; Josh. v. 15.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“…out of the bush, and the Lord called Moses out of the bush, saying, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob,’ yet was not the Angel the God of Abraham, but in the Angel God spoke.” — editor's note: Vid. Ex. iii. 2–6.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“(Exod. 3:5) But if any one is perplexed why in Egypt we are ordered to eat the lamb with shoes on, (Exod. 12:11.) but the Apostles are appointed to preach the Gospel without shoes: he must consider, that one in Egypt ought still to beware of the serpent’s bite, for there were many poisonous creatures in Egypt.” — the author cites it
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And he said unto him, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 4–6. Cf. Justin’s Dial., chap. 63.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For if it is said to Moses when he was desiring to draw nearer: “Put off thy shoes from off thy feet,” how much more must we free the feet of our soul from the bonds of the body, and clear our steps from all connection with this world.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 5.
Read the whole comment“Moses was not the Bridegroom, for to him cometh the word, “Loose thy shoe from off thy foot,” that he might give place to his Lord.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 5.
Read the whole comment“The Apostle has taught us what it is “to stand,” that is what was said to Moses: “The place whereon thou standest is holy ground;” for no one stands unless he stand by faith, unless he stands fixed in the determination of his own heart.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 1–6
Read the whole comment“This Moses was admonished of in a figure, when the Lord speaking to him said, “Loose thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place wherein thou standest is holy ground.”” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 5.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And He said unto him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 2, 4–6.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“XIX. And as to shoes, let him who is about to touch the Holy Land which the feet of God have trodden, put them off, as Moses did upon the Mount, that he may bring there nothing dead; nothing to come between Man and God.” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 5.
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John Cassian
“…in the letter that which was said to Moses and to Joshua, the son of Nun: “Loose the latchet of thy shoe: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.”” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 5; Josh. v. 16.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And He said unto him, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2–6.
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Cross-references · 23
Cited together with
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:3–4 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Institutes I.9.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in The Institutes I.9.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 10:3–4 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §2777.
Cited together in Catechism §2777.
Cited together in Catechism §2777.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Quoted in
Acts 7:33 takes up the words of Exodus 3:5 (7 words in common).
