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Exodus, Chapter 2, verses 1-14

¹ Now a man from the house of Levi went and^a Lit tookmarried a daughter of Levi. ² The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw^b Lit him thatthat he was^c Lit goodbeautiful, she hid him for three months. ³ But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a^d I.e. papyrus reedswicker^e Or chestbasket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. ⁴ His sister stood at a distance to^f Lit knowfind out what would^g Lit be donehappen to him.	1 Exo 6:16 Exo 6:18 Exo 6:20 2 Act 7:20 Heb 11:23 3 Isa 18:2 Isa 19:6 4 Exo 15:20 Num 26:59
⁵ The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the^h Or chestbasket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. ⁶ When she opened it, sheⁱ Heb saw it, the childsaw the child, and behold, the^j Or ladboy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” ⁷ Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call^k Lit a woman giving sucka nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?” ⁸ Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. ⁹ Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. ¹⁰ The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him^l Heb Mosheh, from mashahMoses, and said, “Because I^m Heb mashahdrew him out of the water.”	5 Exo 7:15 Exo 8:20 10 Act 7:21
¹¹ Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on theirⁿ Lit burdenshard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. ¹² So he^o Lit turnedlooked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. ¹³ He went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were^p Or quarrelingfighting with each other; and he said to the^q Or the guilty oneoffender, “Why are you striking your companion?” ¹⁴ But he said, “Who made you a^r Lit man, a princeprince or a judge over us? Are you^s Lit saying in your heartintending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known.”	11 Act 7:23 Heb 11:24-26 Exo 1:11 Exo 5:4 Exo 5:5 Exo 6:6 Exo 6:7 Act 7:24 12 Act 7:24 Act 7:25 13 Act 7:26-28 14 Gen 19:9 Act 7:27 Act 7:28


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