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=== Shepherd Life === | === Shepherd Life === | ||
* '''Fleeing to Midian''' | * '''Fleeing to Midian''' | ||
When Moses turned 40, he decided to take care of his people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Acts+7%3A23&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Acts 7:23 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> One day, he went to the field where his people, the Hebrews, worked. Seeing an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, he became furious and killed the Egyptian. Moses hid the Egyptian body in the sand. The next day, he went out again, and this time he saw two Hebrews fighting. While mediating their fight, Moses found out that what he had killed an Egyptian was exposed. When Pharaoh tried to find Moses to kill him, Moses ran away from Pharaoh and fled to [ | When Moses turned 40, he decided to take care of his people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Acts+7%3A23&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Acts 7:23 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> One day, he went to the field where his people, the Hebrews, worked. Seeing an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, he became furious and killed the Egyptian. Moses hid the Egyptian body in the sand. The next day, he went out again, and this time he saw two Hebrews fighting. While mediating their fight, Moses found out that what he had killed an Egyptian was exposed. When Pharaoh tried to find Moses to kill him, Moses ran away from Pharaoh and fled to [https://www.britannica.com/place/Midian Midian]. | ||
Moses happened to help the seven daughters of a Midianite priest called Jethro (also known as Reuel),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+2%3A18&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 2:18 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref>who were in trouble by a well. There, Moses married Zipporah the daughter of Jethro,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+2%3A11-22&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Exodus 2:11–22|date=}}</ref> gave birth to two sons, and lived as a shepherd herding sheep for forty years. | Moses happened to help the seven daughters of a Midianite priest called Jethro (also known as Reuel),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+2%3A18&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 2:18 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref>who were in trouble by a well. There, Moses married Zipporah the daughter of Jethro,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+2%3A11-22&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Exodus 2:11–22|date=}}</ref> gave birth to two sons, and lived as a shepherd herding sheep for forty years. | ||