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Birth and Youth of Moses

Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman.(A) The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months.(B) When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.(C)

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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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  1. 2:2 Or healthy