The Story of Moses

Moses was born a Hebrew at the time when Hebrews were slaves in Egypt
All Hebrew baby boys were sentenced to be killed at birth for the Egyptian leaders feared an uprising within the Hebrew slaves
to avoid losing her child, Moses’ mother placed him in a basket and sent him down the Nile River
Moses’ sister, Miriam, watched her brother until he was picked up by the Pharaoh’s daughter who discovered him when she went to the Nile to bathe
the Pharaoh’s daughter took Moses in and treated him as her own son
Moses grew up as an Egyptian prince
in his teen years, he was shocked to find out that he was actually a Hebrew
sickened by the treatment of his people, he killed a slave master who beat a Hebrew slave to death
Moses’ only chance to survive was to flee Egypt
God spoke to him through a burning bush, ordering him to return to Egypt and free the Hebrew slaves
Moses returned to Egypt and demanded that the Pharaoh set the Hebrews free
the Pharaoh denied this demand for there were too many great building he needed the slaves to construct
10 plagues were sent upon Egypt by God, each of which were told to the Pharaoh by Moses before they had occurred
1) water to blood 2) frogs 3) gnats 4) flies 5) livestock diseased 6) boils 7) thunder and hail 8 ) locusts 9) darkness 10) death of the firstborn
The worst of the plagues was the tenth, it included the death of the eldest son in every Egyptian family, even the Pharaoh’s son at the time died
God ordered Moses to mark the door posts of every Hebrew home with animal blood so that the Hebrew sons would be safe
upset at the death of his eldest son, the Pharaoh agreed to let the Hebrew slaves go
the Hebrews gained strength by eating any scrap of food they could find so they could lead Egypt
the Pharaoh realized he had made a mistake and ordered his army to bring the slaves back
The Hebrews were chased by the Egyptian army to the banks of the Red Sea
Moses then parted the Red Sea with his staff which was powered by the hand of God
the Hebrew slaves then walked across the dry bottom of the sea to reach safety on the other side
Moses then lifted his staff and buried the Egyptian army under the Red Sea
God spoke to Moses and told him, “I will give the people food”
the next day, the ground was covered with white food which tasted like honey
the food was called manna by Moses
flocks of quails were also sent by God in which the Hebrews captured, cooked and ate
when there was no more water, God ordered Moses to hit a rock with his staff which caused the rock to spill out enough water for everyone to drink
After traveling through the desert for three months, they came to Mount Sinai. God then told Moses to meet him at the top of the mountain.
God presented Moses with 10 laws in which people could live by. These laws were written on stone tablets and called The 10 Commandments.
When Moses returned to the bottom of the mountain, he discovered his people worshipping a golden calf
he broke the tablets given to him by God, then he destroyed the golden calf
the people were forgiven by God for worshipping the statue and demanded Moses to cut 2 more tablets of stone
Moses returned to the top of the mountain to re-carve the 10 Commandments, in which his people finally followed for they believed they truly were from God
Moses was very important in world history, as well in the development of the development of the ancient Egyptian civilization
with the help of God, Moses established a set of laws that are still active and respected in these days and are the basis of many government structuralized laws that civilizations are built upon today
Moses was a huge and important factor in Jewish history. Some may hold him responsible for the freedom of the Jewish people to this date.
Moses was one of the most important historical figures, not only in ancient Egypt, but in world history

The Story of Moses

Author: William Anderson (Schoolworkhelper Editorial Team)