There are so many things that can be asked about the life of Moses and what he did with the Israelites. You can ask things like what his childhood was like, what it was like for him wandering in the wilderness for so long with the Israelites, and what was the covenant between God and Moses and the Israelites? We are going to look at these questions in detail and the Life of Moses. He was chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage that they were in for generations. He also created the nationhood of the Israelites and delivered the Ten Commandments to them.
What was Moses life as a child like? He was the son of Amram and Youchebed. They were of the tribe of the Levities. His brother was Aaron and his sister was Miriam. Moses was born when the Israelites were being threatened by the Egyptians because the Israelites had such a large population. This is the time that Pharaoh is ordering that all newborn male Israelite children are to be cast into the Nile to drown. When the father and mother of Moses heard this, they took their newborn son Moses, and placed him in a waterproof basket. They hid him in the tall grasses in the Nile. Even while he was hidden in the tall grasses, his sister Miriam hid and watched over him from afar. Then a group of women and servants came along to bathe nearby. This is when Pharaoh's daughter
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God sent down "manna". This is a spiritual kind of food every day for the nourishment of all the Israelites. Moses had heard all the Israelites complain about the food, then the climate, and even then the slowness of their progress. The Israelites then tried to claim that Egypt was a lot better than the wilderness trip had been. Also when the people needed water, God had told Moses to speak to a rock and water would come forth from it. Moses had apparently been worn down because, instead of being obedient and following God’s directions, he struck the rock with his