Moses was from the tribe of Levi. It is said that his father’s name was Amram and his mother’s name was Jochebed according to (Exodus 6:20) “And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.” Moses was saved from Pharaoh's decree to destroy the first born male Hebrew children by his mother and Pharaoh’s daughter. He was raised and trained under the Egyptian rule. He later fled Egypt to Midian after murdering an Egyptian. There he married Zipporah the daughter of Jethro. Moses later had an encounter with God through a burning bush on Mount Sinai. God instructed Moses that he would be the one used to free the children