Week 38, Day 3: Moses flees

Today’s Reading:  Exodus 2:1-25

Some thoughts from the reading…

We read yesterday about the oppression of Israel.  The king of Egypt had set himself toward controlling the population of the Israelites by killing all the male children.  The oppression of Israel was severe.  During this time Moses is born.  His mother tries to hide him but the text tells us that after three months she could hide him no longer.  Moses is found in the Nile where his mother had left him.  You can imagine how stressful this all must have been for Moses’ mother and how many other mothers in Israel suffered the loss of their children.  Moses grew up in Pharaoh’s household as his daughter’s son.  But when it is found out that Moses has killed an Egyptian, Pharaoh seeks to kill him.  Moses flees to the land of Midian (the wilderness that Israel will be wandering about for 40 years).  There he finds a wife and begins a family.

Question:  When Israel later complains about how good they had it back in Egypt consider what they are now going through.  What all kind of hardships were they afflicted with during this time?  Why do you think they would have looked back on this time as good?

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