Divine Deliverance

Moses’ Sin & Exile

And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. Exodus:2.11-15

It might be said the Moses was a son of Pharaoh, having been raised in his house and trained in the ways of the Pharaoh ruling class. We know from Scripture that Pharaohs were wicked, slavers, whippers, starvers, even murderers. Moses was environmentally enculturated under Pharaoh wickedness, yet showed himself to be a rather worthy individual and leader according to his Jewish lineage. Since he murdered an Egyptian found mistreating Jewish slaves, we know the Pharaoh’s house of training had not produced a gentleman wise to judge all matters peacefully.

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