Event
The burning bush: God calls Moses at Horeb
At Horeb, the mountain of God, the LORD appears to Moses in a bush that burns but is not consumed and sends him to Pharaoh (Exod 3-4).
Sort year1491 BC
Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World
Tier 4: Ussher, Annals (1658): 1491 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Description
Moses was 80 (Exod 7:7; Acts 7:30). Ussher places the call early in the Exodus year.
Scripture
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002). Leave empty until verified. |
| Ussher | 2513b AM, 1491 BC Precision: year |
1491 BC AM 2513 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §172 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year |
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Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Exod.3.1-Exod.3.22 ; Exod.4.1-Exod.4.31 ; Acts.7.30-Acts.7.35 public-domain
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.