<P> According to the Book of Exodus , Moses was born in a time when his people , the Israelites , an enslaved minority , were increasing in numbers and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt 's enemies . Moses ' Hebrew mother , Jochebed , secretly hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites . Through the Pharaoh 's daughter ( identified as Queen Bithia in the Midrash ) , the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile river and grew up with the Egyptian royal family . After killing an Egyptian slavemaster ( because the slavemaster was smiting a Hebrew ) , Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian , where he encountered The Angel of the Lord , speaking to him from within a burning bush on Mount Horeb ( which he regarded as the Mountain of God ) . </P>
<P> According to the Book of Exodus , Moses was born in a time when his people , the Israelites , an enslaved minority , were increasing in numbers and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt 's enemies . Moses ' Hebrew mother , Jochebed , secretly hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites . Through the Pharaoh 's daughter ( identified as Queen Bithia in the Midrash ) , the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile river and grew up with the Egyptian royal family . After killing an Egyptian slavemaster ( because the slavemaster was smiting a Hebrew ) , Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian , where he encountered The Angel of the Lord , speaking to him from within a burning bush on Mount Horeb ( which he regarded as the Mountain of God ) . </P>
when is moses first mentioned in the bible
when is moses first mentioned in the bible
the Book of Exodus
the Book of Exodus