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The Birth of Moses

About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married. The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months. But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River. The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.

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Moses’s Birth and Adoption

Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman.(A) The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful,[a] she hid him for three months.(B) But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. Then his sister(C) stood at a distance in order to see what would happen to him.

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