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Moses


            Moses was the principal leader and teacher of the Israelites and one of the most important characters in the Bible. His life story is told in the Old Testament in Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. .
             Moses" parents were Israelites. One of my sources says Moses was born about 1520 BC. Another one said he was born near the end of the 1300's. The exact date of his birth depends on the Exodus and scholars differ about when that was. .
             Moses was descendant of Hebrew slaves who had migrated from Canaan to Egypt many years before he was born. Because there were so many Hebrews in Egypt, the pharaoh was afraid that his government could not longer control them. He ordered all of the male Hebrew children killed. .
             One of the most well known Bible stories for children is the story of Moses and the bulrushes. His mother hid him in a basket in the rushes near the bank of the Nile River. His sister, Miriam, watched as the pharaoh's daughter found him. She offered to go get a Hebrew lady raise the baby. When the daughter agreed, Miriam went and got Moses" own mother to raise the baby until he was old enough to move to the palace.
             He had all of the privileges of being part of the pharaoh's family. Moses received an Egyptian education. When he grew up, he saw a Hebrew beaten by an Egyptian. He got angry and killed the Egyptian. After that he fled to the desert. He married Zipporah who was the daughter of Jethro. They had two sons, Gershom and Eliezer.
             Moses became a shepherd in Midian, where his wife was from. When he was in the fields, God spoke to him from a burning bush and told him of go back to Egypt. When he got there he was to lead the people to the land that was promised to Abraham. Moses argued with God because he thought the job was too hard. But God won and Moses eventually led his people out of slavery in Egypt to their homeland in Canaan.
             On Moses" way back to Egypt, he met his brother Aaron.


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