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Introduction:
Moses is one of the most significant figures in the Bible, revered as a prophet, lawgiver, and leader of the Israelites. His life and ministry are primarily chronicled in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Moses is credited with leading the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage and receiving the Law from God on Mount Sinai.

Early Life:
Moses was born to Hebrew parents from the tribe of Levi during a time when Pharaoh had decreed that all newborn Hebrew boys be killed (Exodus 1:22). To save him, his mother placed him in a basket in the Nile River, where he was discovered and adopted by Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:3-10). Raised in the Egyptian court, Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians (Acts 7:22).

Call to Leadership:
After killing an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew, Moses fled to Midian, where he lived as a shepherd and married Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro (Exodus 2:11-21). God called Moses from the burning bush on Mount Horeb, commissioning him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 3:1-10). Despite his initial reluctance and self-doubt, Moses accepted the task with the assurance of God's presence (Exodus 3:11-12).

The Exodus:
Moses confronted Pharaoh with God's demand to let the Israelites go, performing signs and wonders to demonstrate God's power (Exodus 7-11). After a series of plagues culminating in the death of the Egyptian firstborn, Pharaoh relented, and Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 12:31-32). The miraculous crossing of the Red Sea marked their definitive escape from Egyptian pursuit (Exodus 14:21-22).

The Lawgiver:
At Mount Sinai, Moses received the Ten Commandments and the Law, which would govern the covenant relationship between God and Israel (Exodus 19-20). He spent forty days and nights on the mountain, during which he received detailed instructions for the construction of the Tabernacle and the establishment of the priesthood (Exodus 24:18, 25-31).

Wilderness Wanderings:
Moses led the Israelites through the wilderness for forty years, during which time they experienced God's provision and discipline. Despite challenges, including rebellions and complaints from the people, Moses remained a faithful intercessor and leader (Numbers 14:13-19). His leadership was marked by moments of profound intimacy with God, as seen when his face shone after speaking with the Lord (Exodus 34:29-35).

Final Days:
Due to an act of disobedience at Meribah, where he struck the rock instead of speaking to it as God commanded, Moses was not permitted to enter the Promised Land (Numbers 20:7-12). He viewed the land from Mount Nebo before his death (Deuteronomy 34:1-5). Moses was buried by God in an undisclosed location, and his leadership mantle was passed to Joshua (Deuteronomy 34:6-9).

Legacy:
Moses is remembered as a servant of God, a prophet unparalleled in Israel, and a mediator of the Old Covenant (Deuteronomy 34:10-12). His life and ministry foreshadow the coming of Jesus Christ, the ultimate Deliverer and Mediator of the New Covenant (Hebrews 3:1-6). Moses' faithfulness and obedience continue to serve as an example for believers throughout the ages.
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... BOOK IV. Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Eight Years. From The Rejection
Of That Generation To The Death Of Moses. CHAPTER 3. How ...
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Moses is the First Historian of Natural Death, and Has Recorded ...
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Book 3 Footnotes
... See his Travels, Part I. ch.26. p.166. [2]The additions here to Moses's account
of the ... ch.8. sect.3. [3] It seems to me, from what Moses, Exodus 16:18, St. ...
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Apion Book 2 Footnotes
... of the Jews, and gives us a large and excellent description and vindication of that
theocracy which was settled for the Jewish nation by Moses, their great ...
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The Jewish Institutions and Laws of Far Higher Antiquity than the ...
... But first, as due order demands, we must now speak of the epoch of Moses, by which
the philosophy of the Hebrews will be demonstrated beyond all contradiction ...
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How Churches Can Help Ministers.
... Text."And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed;
and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. ...
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The Heinous Sin of Profane Cursing and Swearing
... which the text is taken, to vindicate and clear the moral law from the corrupt glosses
and misconstruction of the Pharisees, who then sat in Moses's chair, but ...
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Of a Private Fast.
... Religious fasting and talking with God, made Moses's face to shine before men, when
idolatrous eating and drinking caused the Israelites to appear abominable ...
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The Life of Henry Hall of Haugh-Head.
... choosing rather to undergo the utmost efforts of persecuting fury, than to live
at ease in the time of Joseph's affliction, making Moses's generous choice ...
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That Some May not Come to Feel the Perfection of this Work but in ...
... Ensample of the first we have by Moses, and of this other by Aaron the priest of
the Temple: for why, this grace of contemplation is figured by the Ark of the ...
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Moses's (15 Occurrences)
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Moses's (15 Occurrences)

Matthew 23:2
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's seat.
(WBS)

Exodus 17:12
But Moses's hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat upon it: and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
(WBS)

Exodus 18:1
When Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses's father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt:
(WBS)

Exodus 18:2
Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,
(WBS)

Exodus 18:5
And Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
(WBS)

Exodus 18:12
And Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses's father-in-law before God.
(WBS)

Exodus 18:14
And when Moses's father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning to evening?
(WBS)

Exodus 18:17
And Moses's father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
(WBS)

Exodus 32:19
And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh to the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses's anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables from his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.
(WBS)

Exodus 34:29
And it came to pass when Moses came down from mount Sinai (with the two tables of testimony in Moses's hand, when he came down from the mount) that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone, while he talked with him.
(WBS)

Exodus 34:35
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses's face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
(WBS)

Leviticus 8:29
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses's part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
(WBS)

Numbers 10:29
And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
(WBS)

Joshua 1:1
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses's minister, saying,
(WBS)

Judges 1:16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses's father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
(WBS)

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