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The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 2 -

(Acts 7:20–22; Hebrews 11:23)
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Now there was a man who was a descendant of Jacob’s son Levi. He married a woman who was also a descendant of Levi.
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She became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. When she saw that he was a healthy baby, she hid him for three months because she was not willing to do what the king commanded.
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When she was unable to hide him any longer, she got a basket made from tall reeds. She covered the basket with tar so it would float in water. Then she put the baby in the basket and put the basket in the water. It was at the edge of the Nile River in the middle of the tall reeds.
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His older sister was standing close by, watching to see what would happen to him.
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Soon the king’s daughter went down to the river to take a bath. Her female servants walked along the riverbank. She saw the basket in the tall reeds in the river, so she sent one of her servants to get it.
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When the servant brought the basket to her, she opened it, and was surprised to see a baby inside that was crying. She felt sad for him, and said, “This must be a Hebrew baby.”
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Then the baby’s older sister walked up to the king’s daughter and said, “Do you want me to go and find a Hebrew woman who will be able to nurse the baby for you?”
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The king’s daughter said to her, “Yes, go and find one.” So the girl went and found the baby’s mother.
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The king’s daughter said to the mother, “Please take this baby and nurse him for me. I will pay you for doing that.” So the baby’s mother took him and nursed him.
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Several years later, his mother brought the boy to the king’s daughter. She adopted him as though he were her own son. She named him Moses, which sounds like the Hebrew words ‘pull out’ because she said, “I pulled him out of the water.”

The Rejection and Flight of Moses

(Acts 7:23–29)
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One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out of the palace area to see his people, the Hebrews. He saw how they had to work very hard. He also saw an Egyptian man beating a Hebrew person.
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He looked around to see if anyone was watching. Seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian man and buried his body in the sand.
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The next day he returned to the same place. He was surprised to see two Hebrew men fighting each other. He said to the man who started the fight, “Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?”
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The man replied, “Who made you our ruler and judge? Are you going to kill me just like you killed that Egyptian man yesterday?” Then Moses was afraid, because he thought, “Since this man knows what I did, other people will know, too.”
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When the king heard that Moses killed an Egyptian, he ordered his soldiers to kill Moses. But Moses ran away from the king and left Egypt. He traveled east to the region of Midian and started to live there. Now the man who was the priest for the Midian people, whose name was Jethro, had seven daughters.
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One day as Moses sat down beside a well, the seven daughters came to the well, got water, and filled the troughs in order to give water to their father’s sheep.
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Some shepherds came and started to chase away the girls. But Moses helped the girls and got water for their sheep.
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When the girls returned to their father Jethro, who was also called Reuel, he asked them, “How is it that you were able to give water to the sheep and come home so quickly today?”
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They replied, “A man from Egypt kept other shepherds from chasing us away. He also got water for us from the well and gave water to the sheep.”
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He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why did you leave him out there? Invite him in so that he can have something to eat!”
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So they did, and Moses ate with them. Moses decided to live there. Later, Jethro gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.
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Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means “foreigner” because he said, “I am a foreigner living in this land.”

God Hears the Cry of the Israelites

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Many years later the king of Egypt died. The Israelite people in Egypt were still crying out because of the hard work they had to do as slaves. They called out for someone to help them, and God heard them.
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When he heard them crying out, he thought about his promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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God saw how the Israelite people were being badly treated, and he wanted to help them.
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(Acts 7:20–22; Hebrews 11:23)
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A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
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The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
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When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
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His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
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Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her servant to get it.
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She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
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Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
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Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” The young woman went and called the child’s mother.
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Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” The woman took the child, and nursed it.
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The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses,(a) and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

The Rejection and Flight of Moses

(Acts 7:23–29)
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In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
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He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
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He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”
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He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid, and said, “Surely this thing is known.”
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Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
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The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
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When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”
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They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.”
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He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”
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Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
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She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,(b) for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.”

God Hears the Cry of the Israelites

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In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
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God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.

Footnotes

(a)2:10 “Moses” sounds like the Hebrew for “draw out”.
(b)2:22 “Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
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