Summary: Except for a mother۪’s desperate plan, the strong will of an Egyptian princess, and the mighty hand of God, Israel’s most honored leader may have never seen his first birthday. Pharaoh needs the Hebrews to build the great cities and pyramids of Egypt, but he’s also worried about their growing numbers. To solve this problem, Pharaoh takes a drastic step: He orders all Hebrew infant sons be killed. Shortly after the decree, a son is born to Jochebed and Amram, a Hebrew family. They decide to ignore the Pharaoh۪’s command and Jochebed places her infant son in a basket and floats him out into the river, where he is discovered by the Pharaoh’s daughter. Knowing it is a Hebrew child, she declares that God has chosen this child to be saved and names him Moses, because he was drawn from the water. The child is taken to Pharaoh’s palace where he is raised as a prince.

As a young man, Moses sees one of the Hebrews being beaten and murders the Egyptian overseer. The Pharaoh declares that Moses must die for spilling Egyptian blood. Moses escapes across the burning desert. Coming upon an oasis, he drives a band of renegades from the well of Jethro and his family, who are Hebrew shepherds. Moses later marries Jethro’s daughter, Zipporah, and has a loving family. The persecution of the Hebrews in Egypt continues and God speaks to Moses through a burning bush, telling him that Moses is the one to free the Hebrews. Moses obediently returns to Egypt to carry out His wishes, freeing his people from slavery.

Background: About 430 years before Moses was born, the Lord told Jacob to take his family to Egypt. There, God promised, He would make Israel a great nation and then return them to the promised land. The story of Moses reminds us that the Lord keeps His promises to us and demonstrates the power of faithful obedience.

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Principles and Values Taught in This Video: Courage, Faith, Obedience, Empathy, and Leadership.