Exodus 2: Qualities of Moses

Qualities of Moses

Exodus 2 vs. 10  – And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

1. Moses came from a Leviathan Priestly heritage – Exodus 2:1, And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2. He was destined to be killed at birth, but ended up a deliverer -Exodus 1:22, And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
3. The waters were supposed to destroy him as a day-old baby, but he ended up using the waters as a weapon of deliverance – Exodus 1:22
4. He was handsome, good-looking, without physical disability from birth – Exodus 2:2, And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
5. He spent the first three months of his life hidden – Exodus 2:33, And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
6. He was abandoned by the riverside as a three-month-old baby, yet he was not killed by crocodiles or snakes.
7. He was a Hebrew child – Exodus 2:6, And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
8. God divinely connected and arranged her mother to become his nurse and was paid wages from the King’s purse – Exodus 2:9, And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it.
9. He became the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter – Exodus 2:9
10. Moses means I drew him out of the water – Exodus 2:10, And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
11. He committed murder in the haste to deliver his people from Egyptian oppression – Exodus 2:12, 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.
12. He became a fugitive and refugee in Midian, running away from punishment – Exodus 2:15, 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.
13. He had two nationalities, a Hebrew and an Egyptian – Exodus 2:4, And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
14. He married the daughter of a Midian priest, Zipporah – Exodus 2:21, and Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
15. He had an Angelic visitation – Exodus 3:2, And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
16. He had a shepherd’s rod that performed miracles – Exodus 4:2, And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
17. He was a stammerer, but God gave him a mouth – Exodus 4:12, Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
18. God made him a God to Pharaoh – Exodus 7:1, And the Lordsaid unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
19. God did miracles and wonders through him – Exodus 14
20. He composed a song for God – Exodus 15
21. He was Israel’s Judge – Exodus 18:13, And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
22. His 250 enemies were swallowed by the earth.

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