³ along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom^[a] (for he had said, “I have been an alien in a foreign land”),^(A)

²² She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,^[a] for he said, “I have been an alien residing in a foreign land.”^(A)

²⁹ When he heard this, Moses fled and became a resident alien in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

¹³ All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,^(A)

²⁰ So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt, and Moses carried the staff of God in his hand.^(A)

Live as Servants of God

¹¹ Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.^[a](A)