Moses was the son of Amram and Jochebed of the tribe of Levi. Miriam and Aaron were his brother and sister. He was born in Egypt during the period in which the Israelites had become a threat to the Egyptians simply because of their large population. The Pharaoh had ordered that all newborn male Hebrew children be cast into the to drown. Moses was the first abandoned child mentioned in the bible. Moses godly parents hid him for three months to protect him from the Egyptian edict that said all male Hebrew babies should be killed. Also moses was educated in the palace of Pharaoh. Then moses he had married Zipporah, daughter of Jethro he had two sons Gershom and Eliezer. The story of Moses is about two-thirds as large as the new Testament. Moses was 40 years old when he slew the …show more content…
Spending the last forty years leading the children of Israel through the wilderness. Moses was the only man in the Bible to have God as his undertaker. God had told Moses to talk to the rock and water would spring from it. With the help of his brother Aaron, Moses was able to hold together his ragtag band of exslaves for forty years. Only a man with tremendous will, patience, compassion, humility, and great faith could have forged the bickering and scheming groups who constantly challenged his wisdom and authority into a nation. Throughout the forty years Moses was in constant communication with his Lord, the God of Israel. God added ten commandments through Moses by giving a code of law regulating the social and religious lives of the people. Under Moses’s leadership, most of the land east of the was conquered and given to the tribes of Reuben and 1 Gad and to half of the tribe of Menashe. Moses now took the southern route to Jabal Musa to reach Mount Horeb (sinai). Moses knew that Yahweh was with them, turning to Him for