Moses
* After Joseph died, an evil king ruled Egypt. He
was afraid of Joseph's huge family. He made
slaves of the people and made them work very
hard building cities and working in the fields.
He was afraid the boys would become soldiers
and fight against him. He ordered that all the
boy babies be killed.
* When Moses was born, his mother hid him for 3 months.
Then she made a basket of grasses
and tar to make a small boat and put him in
the Nile River. Pharaoh's daughter found him.
His sister ran to get their mother to
be a nurse for the child. The daughter of Pharaoh
adopted him.
* When he was grown, he had to leave Egypt and went to the land
of Midian. One day while
caring for sheep, he saw a strange sight.
A bush was on fire, but it didn't burn up. God
spoke to him from the burning bush and told
him to go to Egypt and free the people of Israel
from slavery. Moses was afraid and didn't
want to go, but he went. His brother Aaron went
with him.
* Moses and Aaron went to see Pharaoh. They told him that
God wanted the children of Israel
to leave Egypt, but Pharaoh said he didn't know
the Lord and would not let the people leave.
God had given Moses and Aaron the power to
work miracles. Aaron threw his rod down
and it became a snake. Pharaoh's magicians
threw their rods down and they became snakes,
but Aaron's snake ate their snakes. God was
showing his power.
* Ten plagues came upon the Egyptians because Pharaoh would not
let the people leave.
A plague is something really bad that happens
and causes a lot of suffering and death.
Finally after the tenth plague, when his son
died, Pharaoh let them go.
The story of Moses can be found in the Old
Testament in the book of Exodus chapters 2 -12.
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