MOSES

to stay and eat with the King and his family. Since the King had only daughters, he was very excited to have the young Moses around, even if he was an Egyptian.#
             To show his acceptance of Moses, the King gave his daughter Zipporah, as a wife to Moses. In time, Zipporah mothered a child for Moses.# According to the Bible Moses named him Gershom, saying, "I've become an alien in a foreign land."# Now with his family, Moses assumed the responsibility of his father-in-laws flock. One day while in search of land for his flock, Moses came across a startling sight#.
             While walking Moses came across a burning bush from which God was calling to him. God told him to go to the Pharaoh, and to bring his people; the Israelites out of Egypt. Doubting his capabilities to lead the people, Moses questioned God's confidence in him. With God's reassurance that he would guide and be with Moses, he accepted God's orders.#
             While on his way to Egypt, God appointed Aaron, the brother of Moses, to be the speaker for Moses. So together, Moses and Aaron went to the Pharaoh. They told him that they had come to take the Israelites out of Egypt. They did this by the order of Yahweh, also known as God. Ramses, the Pharaoh, viewed himself as a god in human form. He laughed at Moses and Aaron, and told them that he would not take any orders from a lesser god.#
             Angry with the brothers, he cast them from his court. Then he issued orders that the Israelites were to work harder than ever. Discouraged, Moses called upon God for help. Moses asked God, "Why have you tre
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