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many years had passed in
egypt and the generation of joseph and
all his brothers
had died just as god promised
the israelites multiplied greatly in the
land of egypt
unfortunately a new pharaoh was put in
power
who did not know of joseph and all he
had done to bring them such power and
wealth
the king was very frightened of the
large numbers of israelites that lived
in egypt
he was afraid the israelites would grow
so large
that they would want to leave the land
and would no longer work to bring wealth
to egypt so the egyptians put slave
masters over them
and forced them into hard and bitter
labor as slaves
they worked from dawn to dark in the
worst conditions
and they no longer enjoyed the wealth
and success that joseph had brought them
the hard work didn't stop the israelites
from continuing to grow and multiply
the new pharaoh ordered all the boys
born to israelites
to be thrown into the nile river and
killed
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a beautiful baby hebrew boy was born and
his mother hid him for three months in
their home
during this time she came up with a plan
to save him
she made a basket from bulrushes and
covered it with sticky tar to keep the
water out
she laid her baby boy inside the basket
and put it in the water
close to the shore her daughter
miriam hit a short distance away to see
what would happen to him
very soon the daughter of pharaoh came
down to the river to bathe
and just happened to see the basket
floating among the rushes in the river
she asked one of her handmaidens to
bring the basket to
her and when she opened the lid the baby
boy began crying
pharaoh's daughter knew it had to be a
hebrew baby
when miriam saw this she quickly came up
to pharaoh's daughter
and offered to find a hebrew woman to
nourish the baby boy until he was old
enough
to come back and live with her as her
son
miriam took the baby boy back to his
hebrew mother
who nourished him and took care of him
until he was old enough to go to the
palace
and live with the pharaoh's daughter as
her adopted son
she named him moses and raised him as
her own
many years passed and moses became a
young man
one day he was walking and happened to
see an egyptian
beating a hebrew slave this enraged
moses
and he killed the egyptian
when news of what moses had done reached
pharaoh
he planned on killing moses and when
moses heard this
he quickly left egypt and went to the
land of media
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it was at a well in midian that moses
met his future wife zepora
and went and lived with her family
tending her father's flocks in the
desert
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one day moses had taken the flocks into
the desert
when from a distance he saw a bush that
was burning
on top of mount sinai this mountain was
called
the mountain of god
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he went to see the burning bush and an
angel of the lord appeared to him in the
flame
moses could see that even though the
bush was burning
it wasn't consumed by the fire and as
moses got closer to inspect
this unusual sight god called out to him
moses moses
moses answered here i am
then god said do not come closer
take off your shoes for the place you
are standing on
is holy ground i am the god of your
father
and the god of abraham isaac and jacob
when moses heard this he hid his face
because he was afraid to look at god
then god told moses i have seen the
misery and sufferings of your people
by the brutal egyptian taskmasters i
hear their cries of sorrow and pain
i have come down to deliver them from
the egyptians
and bring them to a land that is flowing
with milk
and honey come now moses
i will send you to pharaoh you will
bring
my people the israelites out of egypt
moses was very shocked and said to god
who am i that i should go to pharaoh and
bring the israelites out of egypt
god answered moses i will surely be with
you
this will be a sign that i sent you when
you have brought to the people
out of egypt you will serve god
on this mountain but moses kept
questioning god and finally asked
god what if they did not believe me and
say
the lord did not appear to you then the
lord said to him
what is in your hand a staff
he replied the lord said
throw it on the ground
moses threw it on the ground and it
became a snake
and then the lord said reach out your
hand
and take it by the tail when moses
lifted the snake by the tail
it immediately turned back into his
staff
this said the lord is so that they may
believe that the lord god has appeared
to you
then the lord said put your hand inside
your jacket
moses did as the lord said and when he
pulled it out
it was covered in leprosy white as snow
with the disease now put it back
said the lord moses put his hand
back inside his jacket and when he
pulled it out it was restored and looked
the same as his other hand
then god said if they don't believe
either of these
two signs or listen to you then take
some water from the nile
pour it on the ground and it will become
blood
moses still continued to question god
and said
oh lord i have never been able to speak
well
neither in the past or even after you
have spoken to me
the lord answered him who gave man his
mouth
who makes him deaf or mute who gives him
sight
or makes him blind is it not i the lord
now go i will help you speak
and will teach you what to say even then
moses replied oh lord please
send someone else to do it finally
god became angry with moses and said
your brother
aaron can speak well and is on his way
to meet you
i will help both of you speak and teach
you what to do
it will be as if it is your mouth and he
will speak to the people for you
afterwards god instructed moses to go
back
to egypt and perform for pharaoh all the
wonders that god had given moses
the power to do then god spoke to aaron
and said go to the desert and meet your
brother moses on mount sinai
the mountain of god when moses saw aaron
he told him all that god had instructed
him to do
and the miraculous signs that he had
commanded him to perform
aaron quickly agreed to go with moses
and they returned
to egypt they soon gathered all the
elders of the israelites together
aaron told them everything the lord said
to moses
and also performed the signs
they all believed and were so thankful
that god
could see their pain and misery
they bowed down to the ground to worship
and honor god
for sending help to the israelites
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