“When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, ‘Why have you returned so early today?’  They answered, ‘An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.’  ‘And where is he?’ Reuel asked his daughters. ‘Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to […]

“The next day, Moses went out and saw two Hebrew men fighting with each other. To the one in the wrong he said, ‘Why are you hitting your companion?’  He retorted, “Who appointed you ruler and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian?” Moshe became frightened. ‘Clearly,’ […]

“Moses saw an Egyptian strike a Hebrew, one of his kinsmen. He looked this way and that; and when he saw that no one was around, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.“-Exodus 2:9-10 There are many complex psychological and environmental factors that transformed Moses into a person capable of committing cold-blooded murder.  […]

“A man from the family of Levi took a woman also descended from Levi as his wife.”-Exodus 2:1 We are given the very important information that Moses was a full-blooded Levite. This means he was born into the tribe that would eventually be set apart from all the other tribes for special service to God. […]

“At this point, his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, ‘Would you like me to go and find you one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?’ Pharaoh’s daughter answered, ‘Yes, go.’ So the girl went and called the baby’s own mother.“ -Exodus 2:8-9 The ways of God are both mysterious and wondrous indeed!  […]