Exodus 2:13

Moses Flees to Midian

11 Now it came to pass in those days, ^awhen Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

12 So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he ^akilled the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

13 And ^awhen he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men ^bwere fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why are you striking your companion?”

14 Then he said, ^a“Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” So Moses ^bfeared and said, “Surely this thing is known!”

15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But ^aMoses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of ^bMidian; and he sat down by ^ca well.

16 ^aNow the priest of Midian had seven daughters. ^bAnd they came and drew water, and they filled the ^ctroughs to water their father’s flock.

17 Then the ^ashepherds came and ^bdrove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and ^cwatered their flock.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Exodus 2:13

Thy fellow - " Thy neighbor." the reproof was that of a legislator who established moral obligations on a recognized principle. Hence, in the following verse, the offender is represented as feeling that the position claimed by Moses was that of a Judge. The act could only have been made known by the Hebrew on whose behalf Moses had committed it.

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