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Character Studies From The Bible

Moses

New International Version (NIV)

11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. 12 Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?”

14 The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”

15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well. 16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock.

18 When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”

19 They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.”

21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. 22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.

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(Exodus 2)

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Oh LORD, Our God,
How Blessed is Your Holy Name!
You Alone Are Worthy of Praise,
For You Alone Are The One True God.
Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent,
Wash us Clean, Oh LORD,
And Clothe Us In Your Righteousness.
Keep us in your care, Oh LORD,
And teach us to find our solace in You,
And Keep us from grumbling and stumbling.

We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
According to Your Will and Promise.
We Pray For the People and Leaders of Israel,
that They Will Look to You for the Protection
and Prosperity of their Nation.
We Also Pray For Revival in our own Beloved USA.


We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.


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The Bible is silent on the subject of how Moses found out he was a Hebrew, but, in today's chapter we see him killing one of the slave-drivers and then quickly covering up his deed. A real Egyptian Prince would not have been offended by the beating of a slave, nor would he have had to cover up his own dispatch of the slave-driver. Add to that his fear when the actual slaves themselves speak impudently to him. Cecil B. DeMille shows Moses being SENTENCED to exile, but in the Torah, he flees to Midian on his own, out of fear of discovery.

From this we can infer that Moses was not blissfully ignorant of his heritage (as portrayed in most movies about the Exodus), but had an inkling all along that he was Hebrew. The mere fact that he was nursed by his own mother and probably babysat by his sister Miriam would indicate that his Hebrew identity was always there, just under the surface. It would seem that he knew he was living a lie and that it would come to a head sooner or later.

These uncomfortable facts do not lessen Moses' stature in the Scriptures, but affirms his humanity and sinful nature, that binds him to us all. It is not the born heroes that are called to greatness, but the ordinary, weak, sinful person who has nothing of his own to offer to God, and therefore can be a vessel for God's Glory.

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[Jeanbl]

Amen...Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, for our families and friends, for our persecuted, for our nations.

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Prayers for Israel, our FRiends in need and our beloved Nation.

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[Hiskid]

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[NEWwoman]

I like that point you made of God using ordinary people. And kudos for Moses’ mother who stood against the worldview of Egypt and inculcated a fear of the true God in her child.

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[ConorMacNessa]

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR
THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM!
And for the Preservation of the Valiant
Israeli Nation!

"Scenes From the Life Of Moses"
Sandro Botticelli – c. 1482

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ND it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

______________________________________ Exodus 2:11-25 (KJV)

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[Former Fetus]

This is what I posted on FB on 1/8, as a summary to my Bible study.

We are all very familiar with the story of Moses, how Pharaoh had decreed that every Hebrew baby boy be thrown into the Nile river (Ex. 1:22). We know that Moses’ mother kept him for 3 months (Ex. 2:2) and when she could hide him no longer “she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank” (Ex. 2:3).

God arranged that just as the basket was floating on the river, Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile for a bath, saw the basket and sent a maid to get it (Ex. 2:5).

Now for the strange part of the story, read verse 6: “And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children”. How did she know that the baby was a Hebrew? In “The Ten Commandments” it is very easy, as Moses is wrapped in a cloth with Hebrew designs. The same cloth that an slave of Pharaoh’s daughter uses years later to try to blackmail her mistress. But that’s just the movie. The Bible does not say how she knew. Or does it?

In the original Hebrew, the verse first refers to a “baby boy” in the basket, but then it refers to a “youth” who is crying. Why does it refer to Moses as a child? The Sages explained that by saying that the verse is speaking of two different boys. Pharaoh’s daughter opens the basket and sees baby Moses. Then she sees a child – Aaron, the older brother of Moses- and he is crying. She realizes that Aaron is the baby’s brother, connects the dots, and understands that this is a Hebrew baby, in danger of death.

This is more than a curiosity. Yes, it kind of explains how did Pharaoh’s daughter identify Moses as a Hebrew baby, since Cecil B. DeMille was not there to "help"! But most important, it shows the importance of crying for others. Just like Aaron’s cries could have caused Pharaoh’s daughter to have compassion on Moses, our cries (prayers) for others will cause God to act on their behalf. Neat, isn’t it?

Isn't the Bible amazing?

[Alamo-Girl]

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Interesting!

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