THE CHILD MOSES. -- Exodus 2:1-10. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ The Lord is thy keeper._ -- Psalms 121:5. TIME. --The Birth of Moses is placed about B. C. 1571. PLACES. --Probably the city of Zoan, also called Tanis, situated on. branch of the Nile. HELPFUL READINGS. -- Exodus 1:12-22; Psalms 121:1-8; Hebrews... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN SHE SAW THAT HE WAS. GOODLY CHILD SHE HID HIM THREE MONTHS. As. wife and mother in Israel, she was looking and longing for the birth of another man-child; but that fond expectation was darkened by the bitter reflection that an order had gone forth which would in all probability consign her son... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE TOOK FOR HIM AN ARK OF BULRUSHES. At the end of three months the vigor of the search on the part of her enemies convinced her that further concealment was impracticable, and that she must part with her treasure. She, therefore, probably by divine guidance, either known or unknown, commits him t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS SISTER STOOD AFAR OFF. The child, placed in this water-tight basket, was left among the reeds near the margin in the waters. The sister, no doubt Miriam, now about thirteen years of age, it has been supposed, and undoubtedly older than Aaron, stood at. distance to watch over the fate of the... [ Continue Reading ]
II. THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH. 5. THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH. This princess was apparently the sister of Amenophis, the son of Amosis. He was. prosperous and able king, and during his reign the forced labor of the Israelites seems to have been reduced to system; but we may feel sure, from his character... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE SAW THE CHILD. Rather; "She saw him, the child, and behold,. male infant weeping." The weeping child appealed to. sympathy, natural to the heart of. woman. She was. merciful daughter of. cruel father, and though she recognized him as one of the Hebrew children, doomed to death, she obeyed the di... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID HIS SISTER TO PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER. Miriam, no doubt, came up and joined the train as if by accident. If she had not previously been instructed by her mother what to say under contingency of such an occurrence as now really took place, we cannot but refer this suggestion on the part of the... [ Continue Reading ]
III. THE SON OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER. 8. THE MAID WENT AND CALLED HER MOTHER. The plan worked out successfully. The kind hearted princess had found the child, her sympathy had been aroused, she had consented that. Hebrew woman should be called for the nurse of the child. The "maid," the child's siste... [ Continue Reading ]
PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER SAID. The fact that she took compassion on the weeping child, and' notwithstanding the king's command (1:22), took it and had it brought up may be accounted for by the compassion and love of children innate in the heart of woman. The mother evidently took the child to her own hom... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE BROUGHT HIM UNTO PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER. Though it must have been nearly as severe. trial with Jochebed to part with him the second time as the first, she was, doubtless, reconciled to it by her belief in his high destination as the future deliverer of Israel. His age, when removed to the palace, is... [ Continue Reading ]