EXODUS 2
Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. 5 Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So, the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So, the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”– Exodus 2:1-10
EXODUS 2 THE BIRTH OF MOSES
A poem by ILMA inspired by these verses
During the order of the Pharaoh to kill all the Hebrew male children
A Levite couple bore a very fine and beautiful male infant
They hid him long enough until he was getting bigger
Then they placed him on a basket to have him float on the river
Then Pharaoh’s daughter saw the child and have compassion on him
The sister offered to have her own mother nurse the baby for her.
Moses’ story is fascinating and is a manifestation of how God brought into this world a deliverer of his people. Moses’ life is almost a foreshadowing of our Savior Jesus Christ when the male infants were being brutally killed by the king. Moses was born to Levite people who were the priestly tribe. Jesus was our High Priest. Moses had to be hidden by his parents and Jesus had to be born in a manger away from danger to be killed.
REFLECTION
- How can you clearly see God’s hand in the life of Moses from his birth?
