Exodus 2:11-15
Legacy Standard Bible
Moses Flees to Midian
11 Now it happened in those days, (A)that Moses had grown up. And he went out to his brothers and looked on their [a](B)hard labors. And (C)he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. 12 So he turned this way and that, and he saw that there was no one around. So he (D)struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 Then he went out (E)the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were struggling with each other; and he said to the [b]wicked one, “Why are you striking your companion?” 14 But he said, “(F)Who made you a [c]ruler or a judge over us? Are you [d]intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.” 15 And Pharaoh heard of this matter, so he sought to kill Moses. But (G)Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he [e]sat down (H)by a well.
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- Exodus 2:11 Lit burdens
- Exodus 2:13 Or the guilty one
- Exodus 2:14 Lit man, a prince
- Exodus 2:14 Lit saying in your heart
- Exodus 2:15 Lit settled, cf. 2:15a, 21
Exodus 2:11-15
Lexham English Bible
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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- Exodus 2:11 Literally “and he/it was”
- Exodus 2:11 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”
- Exodus 2:11 Or “a Hebrew man from his brothers”
- Exodus 2:12 Literally “and he saw that there was not a man”
- Exodus 2:14 Literally “put you for a man, a commander” or “placed you for a man, a commander”
- Exodus 2:15 Literally “the well”
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