God provides three signs for Moses: the staff becoming a serpent, his hand becoming leprous, and water turning to blood, to convince the Israelites. Moses protests his lack of eloquence, and God assigns Aaron as his spokesman while affirming that Moses will be as God to Pharaoh. On the journey back to Egypt, the Lord confronts Moses, apparently over the uncircumcision of his son, and Zipporah performs the rite to avert death.
Deliverer of Israel, mediator of the covenant, lawgiver, and prophet who spoke with God face to face
Moses' brother, spokesman before Pharaoh, and first high priest of Israel
King of Egypt who oppressed Israel and hardened his heart against God, ultimately destroyed at the Red Sea
Sister of Moses and Aaron, prophetess who led Israel in worship after the Red Sea crossing
Moses' father-in-law, priest of Midian who advised Moses on leadership and organization
Moses' assistant and military leader who fought the Amalekites and accompanied Moses on Sinai
Father of Many Nations
Son of Abraham
Father of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
Wife of Moses
Land of Israel's slavery and the setting for God's dramatic acts of judgment and redemption through the plagues
Site of Israel's miraculous deliverance where God parted the waters and destroyed Pharaoh's pursuing army
The mountain of God where the covenant was established, the Law given, and God's glory descended in fire and cloud
God reveals himself to Moses at the burning bush, declares his name I AM, and commissions Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt.
The very first person the Bible describes as 'filled with the Spirit of God' isn't a prophet or a king, it's Bezalel, a craftsman gifted for artistic design, gold-work and carving to build the Tabernacle (Exodus 31:1-5). Creativity itself is treated as a divine gift.
Exodus 31:1-5
