Moses led them through the Red Sea on dry ground by the power of the God.
He also prophesied, “The Egyptians you see today you will never see again…” ( Exodus 14:13), and he was right. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today” ( Exodus 14:13). When trapped between the Pharaoh-who’d changed his mind and pursued the newly freed slaves-and the Red Sea, Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Through the long story of the 10 plagues and the Pharaoh’s opposition he led the Israelites out of Egypt. To overcome Moses’ fear, God recruited his brother Aaron to assist, promising to help them both. God didn’t want to send someone else and got angry with Moses. Moses told God, “Please send someone else”( Exodus 4:13). Moses was afraid and gave excuse after excuse, one being that he stuttered. God wanted Moses to rescue the Israelites from Egypt. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up”( Exodus 3:2).
When Moses saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave the Bible says, “Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand” ( Exodus 2:12).įear showed up again when God “…appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. He grew up in the palace but knew he was a Hebrew. Moses was raised as royalty.Īfter Moses was weaned, the Pharaoh’s daughter raised him in the palace surrounded by all the luxuries of Egypt. This woman just so happened to be Moses’ mother. Being unable to nurse him, she hired a Hebrew woman to do the job. He didn’t stay there long before being rescued by the Pharaoh’s daughter. When she couldn’t hide him anymore, she made a little boat, placed him in it, and hid baby Moses in the reeds on the banks of the Nile River. “She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months” ( Exodus 2:2). The Pharaoh was afraid of the Israelite slaves because there were so many of them and ordered all the boy babies to be killed. He was the youngest of three children, with a sister named Miriam and a brother named Aaron. He was born to Jochebed and Amram, both from the tribe of Levi, when the children of Israel lived in Egypt as slaves. Let’s look at eight things about Moses – who he was in the Bible and some details regarding his life. It’s easy to glamourize Biblical characters who accomplish great things, but they were people just like us. He played multiple roles throughout his life and I’ll touch on a few. On display are the upper cover for the Book of Genesis and first twenty chapters of the Book of Exodus and the titlepage for the Gospel of Matthew.Other than Jesus, Moses might be the most well-known character from the Bible. Printed at the American Mission Press, the volumes were printed entirely in Tamil except for the Tamil and English titlepages. Both are bound in limp textured cloth with printed labels on the upper covers.
These two volumes are examples of Old and New Testament portions published by the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society in a small and portable format. It is an official language in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and an official language in Sri Lanka as well as in Singapore. Tamil is spoken by the Tamil populations of South India and Northeast Sri Lanka.
Madras: Printed for the Madras Auxiliary Bible Society, Printed at the American Mission Press, 1860. Madras: The Madras Auxiliary Bible Society. The Book of Genesis and First Twenty Chapters of Exodus.
The Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries.Topical Lists of Online Theology Resources.Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.