Exodus 2:11

In those days, when Moses [Drawn out] had grown up, + 2:11. Quoted in Heb 11:24 he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery] striking a Hebrew [Immigrant], one of his brothers.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses [Drawn out], and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” (3)

12He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], and hid him in the sand.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 5:9Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”

Isaiah 58:6“Is not this the fast that I have chosen: 2 to release the bonds of ethical wickednes, 2 to undo the straps of the yoke, 2 to let the oppressed go free, + 58:6. Quoted in Luke 4:18 2 and that you break every yoke? 1

Luke 4:18+ 4:18 (context 4:16-22) MP: Heals the blind both physically and spiritually, both Jew or Gentile, removing them from darkness as a prison. (See also Is 9:1-2, 49:6b). (Is 42:7 (context 42:5-9)) + 4:18 (18-21) MP: Messiah’s ministry includes preaching the good news to those afflicted and binding the broken hearted. (Is 61:1-2) “The Ruach of MarYah [Spirit, Breath of Master Yahweh] is on me, 2 because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. 1 He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, 2 to proclaim release to the captives, + 4:18. Quoted from Is 58:6 2 recovering of sight to the blind, 2 to deliver those who are crushed, 2

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:6-11

The Deliverance of Moses. ( b. c. 1571.) 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 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. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the… Read the whole commentary →

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