Matt. XI, 10. For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Luke I, 76. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways.
John III, 28. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Gen. XXII, 16. And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
17. That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies:
18. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Ex. III, 2. And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4. And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses: and he said, Here am I.
5. And he said, Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.