The Birth and Calling of Moses

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As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

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Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.

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He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

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At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.

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When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

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So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

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When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

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And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

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He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

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The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

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But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

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Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

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At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

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