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And when Mosheh was eighteen years old, he desired to see his father and mother and he went to them to Goshen, and when Mosheh had come near Goshen, he came to the place where the children of Yis’rael were engaged in work, and he observed their burdens, and he saw an Mitsri smiting one of his Ivri brethren.
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And when the man who was beaten saw Mosheh he ran to him for help, for the man Mosheh was greatly respected in the house of Par’oh, and he said to him, My lord attend to me, this Mitsri came to my house in the night, bound me, and came to my wife in my presence, and now he seeks to take my life away.
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And when Mosheh heard this wicked thing, his anger was kindled against the Mitsri, and he turned this way and the other, and when he saw there was no man there he struck the Mitsri and hid him in the sand, and delivered the Ivri from the hand of him that struck him.
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And the Ivri went to his house, and Mosheh returned to his home, and went forth and came back to the king's house.
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And when the man had returned home, he thought of repudiating his wife, for it was not right in the house of Ya’aqov, for any man to come to his wife after she had been defiled.
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And the woman went and told her brothers, and the woman's brothers sought to slay him, and he fled to his house and escaped.
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And on the second day Mosheh went forth to his brethren, and saw, and behold two men were quarreling, and he said to the wicked one, Why do you smite your neighbor?
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And he answered him and said to him, Who has set you for a prince and judge over us? do you think to slay me as you did slay the Mitsri? and Mosheh was afraid and he said, Surely the thing is known?
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And Par’oh heard of this affair, and he ordered Mosheh to be slain, so Elohim sent his mal’akh, and he appeared to Par’oh in the likeness of a captain of the guard.
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And the mal’akh of Yahuah took the sword from the hand of the captain of the guard, and took his head off with it, for the likeness of the captain of the guard was turned into the likeness of Mosheh.
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And the mal’akh of Yahuah took hold of the right hand of Mosheh, and brought him forth from Mitsrayim, and placed him from without the borders of Mitsrayim, a distance of forty days' journey.
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And Aharon his brother alone remained in the land of Mitsrayim, and he prophesied to the children of Yis’rael, saying,
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Thus says Yahuah Elohim of your ancestors, Throw away, each man, the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Mitsrayim.
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And the children of Yis’rael rebelled and would not hearken to Aharon at that time.
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And Yahuah thought to destroy them, were it not that Yahuah remembered the covenant which he had made with Avraham, Yitschaq and Ya’aqov.
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In those days the hand of Par’oh continued to be severe against the children of Yis’rael, and he crushed and oppressed them until the time when Elohim sent forth his word and took notice of them.