Around 1200 B.C. many Jews were living in Egypt, at that time Jews were enslaved and used to build pyramids and other structures for the Pharaohs. Jews at that time were mistreated, and around the time Moses was born, the Pharaoh had ordered to have every Jew boy killed. Moses’ mother at the time decided to put him in a basket and let him flow away to safety in the Nile River; as this happened his own little sister was watching him float away.
That same afternoon while the daughter’s pharaoh was bathing in the Nile River, she saw pass by the basket and picked up; when she saw the little baby, she knew he was a Jewish baby and that he was supposed to be killed, but right away she took him with her, and called him Moses, which means “Saved”. Afterwards Moses was brought back to his family to be taken care of. As years passes Moses grew, and still Jews were being exploited; one day in particular Moses was taken back when he saw an Egyptian hit a Jewish man. Moses without hesitating hit the Egyptian to defend the other man, but actually ended up killing him. Moses scared about what had happened, runs away from Egypt, and stops around Libya. There he became a shepherd and lived his life, until one day a sign was given to him from God, to liberate the children of Israel and unite them under one religion. Eventually he went back to Egypt and informed all the Hebrews to plan an escape from Egypt. Moses did talk to the Pharaoh about letting his people leave, but the Pharaoh refused and with that nine horrible plagues were casted upon the Egyptian population; The plague, which was the killing of the firstborn sons of the Egyptians, finally got the Pharaoh to change his mind and let the Hebrews leave. Leaving was not that easy because at the last minute the Pharaoh did change his mind and sent his guards to kill all the slaves, but thanks to a miraculous event granted to Moses through God, he was able to finally lead the children of Israel out of Egypt and in a safe place.
Since I was young this story really has amazed me, Moses had to go through many challenges and hardships, but he was able to lead a group of people out to safety and convert them to Judaism. Also I think it’s interesting how Moses is a part all the three main religions of today’s World; Islam, Christianity and Judaism. This shows that in the end we all come from the same background and our ideas originate from the same source. (Francesca Di leo)
This has always been a great story in the Bible, as well as other religions. Is it possible to say that Moses felt bad for killing the man and was just trying to gain acceptance back in to Egypt by fabricating a story of his interactions with God?
ReplyDeleteHow many times have we done something bad and then immediately felt horrible about it? Moses likely felt bad about what he did and just wanted to show everyone in Egpyt that he was a righteous man. Think about it. How many times have you seen an athlete on t.v. after they have committed a crime apologizing about it? They are usually born-again, righteous servants of the Lord as of the next day. Moses probably had a little time on his hands when he was in Libya herding sheep, and just had time to really think about what he did. Kind of like the athlete after they come out of prison.