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burning bush name for a North American plant of the family Celastraceae ( staff tree family). The scriptural burning bush not consumed by fire (Ex. 3.2) is sometimes associated with a bramble or thorn and was adopted by the Presbyterian Church as an emblem of its early persecution. Burning bush is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Celastrales, family Celastraceae.

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Burning bush. The plant from which occurred God's revelation to Moses in Exodus 3. 1–4. 17. During the Middle Ages, the burning bush became a Christian symbol for Mary, as e.g. in Chaucer, Prologue to the Prioress’ Tale.

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bush, burning Moses experienced his call to lead the enslaved Israelites out of Egypt when he saw on Mount Sinai a bush apparently on fire but never becoming burnt up (Exod. 3: 2). He accepted the vision as a promise from God to be faithful; and in a gesture of reverence in the presence of the holy he removed his sandals, as Muslims do today when they enter a mosque. The natural cause of the burning phenomenon may have been a discharge of atmospheric electricity on pointed objects during a storm.

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