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Moses Kills an Egyptian

11 Years later, after[a] Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people,[b] and took notice of their heavy burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating up a Hebrew, one of his own people.[c] 12 Looking around and seeing no one else, he killed[d] the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 Going out the next day, Moses noticed[e] two Hebrew men fighting right in front of him. He told the one who was at fault, “Why did you strike your companion?”

14 The man[f] replied, “Who appointed you to be an official judge over us? Are you planning[g] to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?”

Then Moses became terrified and told himself,[h] “Certainly this event has become known!”

Moses Flees to Midian

15 When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh, settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.

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  1. Exodus 2:11 Lit. It happened in those days that
  2. Exodus 2:11 Lit. brothers
  3. Exodus 2:11 Lit. brothers
  4. Exodus 2:12 Lit. struck
  5. Exodus 2:13 The Heb. lacks noticed
  6. Exodus 2:14 Lit. He
  7. Exodus 2:14 Lit. saying
  8. Exodus 2:14 The Heb. lacks to himself

11 And then[a] in those days when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers, and he saw their forced labor,[b] and he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man, one of his brothers.[c] 12 And he turned here and there, and he saw no one,[d] and he struck the Egyptian, and he hid him in the sand. 13 And he went out on the second day, and there were two Hebrew men fighting, and he said to the guilty one, “Why do you strike your neighbor?” 14 And he said, “Who appointed you as a commander[e] and a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?” And Moses was afraid, and he said, “Surely the matter has become known.” 15 And Pharaoh heard this matter, and he sought to kill Moses, and Moses fled from Pharaoh, and he lived in the land of Midian, and he lived at a certain well.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:11 Literally “and he/it was”
  2. Exodus 2:11 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”
  3. Exodus 2:11 Or “a Hebrew man from his brothers”
  4. Exodus 2:12 Literally “and he saw that there was not a man”
  5. Exodus 2:14 Literally “put you for a man, a commander” or “placed you for a man, a commander”
  6. Exodus 2:15 Literally “the well”