- Name means “drawn forth, taken out of the water”
- Lived 120 years
- The story of his life broken down into 3 parts, 40 years each
- First
- Second
- Third
- the Exodus – his own personal exodus
- Birth: 1526 BC
- Exodus 2:1-10
- You really just need to read the story. Baby in the basket. Real mother became his nurse. It’s 10 verses. Please read!
- Strikes an Egyptian that was beating a Hebrew so he flees to Midian – 1486 BC
- God calls him back to Egypt – 1446 BC
- Plagues
- Water turned to blood [Exodus 7:14-25]
- Frogs [Exodus 8:1-15]
- Gnats [Exodus 8:16-19]
- Flies [Exodus 8:20-32]
- Livestock Die [Exodus 9:1-7]
- Boils [Exodus 9:8-12]
- Hail [Exodus 9:13-35]
- Locusts [Exodus 10:1-20]
- Darkness [Exodus 10:21-29]
- Death of the Firstborn [Exodus 12:29-32]
- Red Sea
- Eventually, Moses leads his people out of Egypt. And he stands at the edge of the Red Sea, prays, God opens up the sea, folds back the water, and provides safe passage. When the Egyptians come after them, the sea closes up.
- Exodus 14
- Google the Red Sea for reference at the size of this body of water. Imagine the magnitude of this event.
- Moral Law
- Ten Commandments – 1445 BC
- Social Law
- Ceremonial Law
- Death of Moses
- Believed to have written the first 5 books of the bible
- An important figure in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
