The king also allotted for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and ordered that they be educated for three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service.

The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man become learned, not having been educated?”

Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was proficient in speaking and action.

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.