Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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1 During this time a man from the
tribe of Levi married a woman
of his own tribe,
2 and she bore him a
son. When she saw what a fine baby
he was, she hid him for three
months. note
3 But when she could not
hide him any longer, she took a basket
made of reeds and covered it
with tar to make it watertight. She
put the baby in it and then placed it
in the tall grass at the edge of the
river.
4 The baby's sister stood some
distance away to see what would
happen to him.
5 The king's daughter came down
to the river to bathe, while her servants
walked along the bank. Suddenly
she noticed the basket in the
tall grass and sent a slave girl to get
it.
6 The princess opened it and saw a
baby boy. He was crying, and she
felt sorry for him. “This is one of the
Hebrew babies,” she said.
7 Then his sister asked her, “Shall
I go and call a Hebrew woman to
nurse the baby for you?”
8 “Please do,” she answered. So
the girl went and brought the baby's
own mother.
9 The princess told the
woman, “Take this baby and nurse
him for me, and I will pay you.” So
she took the baby and nursed him.
10 Later, when the child was old
enough, she took him to the king's
daughter, who adopted him as her
own son. She said to herself, “I
pulled him out of the water, and so I
name him Moses.” note note
Moses Escapes to Midian
11 When Moses had grown up, he
went out to visit his people, the Hebrews,
and he saw how they were
forced to do hard labor. He even saw
an Egyptian kill a Hebrew, one of
Moses' own people. note
12 Moses looked
all around, and when he saw that no
one was watching, he killed the
Egyptian and hid his body in the
sand.
13 The next day he went back
and saw two Hebrew men fighting.
He said to the one who was in the
wrong, “Why are you beating up a
fellow Hebrew?”
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14 The man answered, “Who made
you our ruler and judge? Are you
going to kill me just as you killed
that Egyptian?” Then Moses was
afraid and said to himself, “People
have found out what I have done.” note
15
16 When the king heard about what
had happened, he tried to have
Moses killed, but Moses fled and
went to live in the land of Midian.
15
16 One day, when Moses was sitting
by a well, seven daughters of Jethro,
the priest of Midian, came to draw
water and fill the troughs for their
father's sheep and goats. note
17 But some
shepherds drove Jethro's daughters
away. Then Moses went to their rescue
and watered their animals for
them.
18 When they returned to their
father, he asked, “Why have you
come back so early today?”
19 “An Egyptian rescued us from
the shepherds,” they answered,
“and he even drew water for us and
watered our animals.”
20 “Where is he?” he asked his
daughters. “Why did you leave the
man out there? Go and invite him to
eat with us.”
21 So Moses decided to live there,
and Jethro gave him his daughter
Zipporah in marriage,
22 who bore
him a son. Moses said to himself, “I
am a foreigner in this land, and so I
name him Gershom.” note
23 Years later the king of Egypt
died, but the Israelites were still
groaning under their slavery and
cried out for help. Their cry went up
to God,
24 who heard their groaning
and remembered his covenant with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. note
25 He
saw the slavery of the Israelites and
was concerned for them. note
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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