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Exodus 2:11
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 2:11
New Catholic Bible
11 Moses Flees to Midian.[a] One day Moses, having grown up,[b] went out to his brethren and saw how they were oppressed. He noticed an Egyptian strike a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
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- Exodus 2:11 Endangered by his defense of the children of his race, Moses is fearful and flees to the wilderness east of the Gulf of Aqaba. This episode prepares him for the difficulties to come (see Ex 18).
- Exodus 2:11 Moses, having grown up: according to Acts 7:23, almost forty years had now passed (see Ex 7:7).
