Exodus 2:12

And turning this way and that, and seeing no one, he put the Egyptian to death, covering his body with sand.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

13And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the wrong, Why are you fighting your brother?

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:12-16

Moses Slays an Egyptian; Rebukes a Contentious Hebrew. ( b. c. 1533.) 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 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. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong,… Read the whole commentary →

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