Hebrews 11:24-27
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24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, (A)refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 (B)choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy (C)the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 (D)He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to (E)the reward. 27 By faith he (F)left Egypt, (G)not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured (H)as seeing him who is invisible.
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Acts 7:17-29
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17 “But (A)as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, (B)the people increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king (C)who did not know Joseph. 19 (D)He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, (E)so that they would not be kept alive. 20 (F)At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house, 21 and (G)when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses (H)was instructed in (I)all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was (J)mighty in his words and deeds.
23 “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart (K)to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 (L)And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’ 27 But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, (M)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 At this retort (N)Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, (O)where he became the father of two sons.
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Exodus 2:11-22
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Moses Flees to Midian
11 One day, (A)when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their (B)burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.[a] 12 He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he (C)struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 When (D)he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” 14 He answered, (E)“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” 15 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But (F)Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by (G)a well.
16 Now the (H)priest of Midian had seven daughters, and (I)they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and (J)watered their flock. 18 When they came home to their father (K)Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come home so soon today?” 19 They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and (L)watered the flock.” 20 He said to his daughters, “Then where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may (M)eat bread.” 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter (N)Zipporah. 22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name (O)Gershom, for he said, “I have been a (P)sojourner[b] in a foreign land.”
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- Exodus 2:11 Hebrew brothers
- Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner
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