Introduction: Pharaoh was the king of ancient Egypt, and Moses was the national leader of the Jews in the 13th century BC. What kind of story is there between them?
There is a myth recorded in the Bible: Before the birth of Jesus Christ, based on Goshen in the Middle East, there were 12 tribes of Israelites who gradually spread to various parts of Egypt. Spread, the population became more and more prosperous. As for their descendants, as time goes by, the era of their popularity and preferential treatment in Egypt is gone forever.
At that time, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, ruled Egypt. He said to the people: Look, there are more Israelites than us! If there is any trouble in the future, they will unite with their enemies to attack us. We might as well strike first and use clever tricks to harm them. ?
So the Egyptians, under the king’s order, sent overseers to monitor the Israelites doing hard work. They wanted to build two storage cities for Pharaoh. They forced the Israelites to do all the dirty work, such as mixing clay, making bricks, and working in the fields.
The King of Egypt, Pharaoh, also summoned two Israeli midwives and ordered them: "When you deliver babies to Israeli women, kill all the boys!"
The midwife asked: "What about the girl?"
Pharaoh said: "If it is a girl, can she still survive?"
Later, Pharaoh also told the people that all the children of Israel should be alive. boys, you will throw them into the river and drown them. There was an Israelite family who gave birth to a boy and hid him before the midwife came. Newborn babies always cry. How long can this be hidden? When he was just 3 months old, his parents put him in a cattail box painted with stone paint and petroleum, and then placed the box in the reeds by the river.
But by chance, the Pharaoh’s daughter came to the river to take a bath. Her maid found the box among the reeds, and she sent her maid to bring the box to the princess. When she opened it, she saw a boy who was handsome and cute. When she teased him, he said "wow". A cry. The princess was moved by maternal love, hugged the little boy and said, "What a pitiful child! Who asked you to be born in an Israeli family? Good baby, be my son." ?
So the princess asked a little girl standing by the river to find an Israeli woman to be a wet nurse, and she promised to pay the salary. This little girl is the little boy's sister, and the wet nurse she found is the mother of the two siblings. The little sister had been standing and watching from a distance, waiting for an opportunity to come and save the little brother's life.
After the little brother was weaned, his mother took him into the palace and gave him to the princess. The princess named the adopted son Moses.
As the adopted son of the princess, Moses lived in the palace, received a good education, learned and mastered various knowledge, and became a man of great learning.
One day, Moses came out of the palace and saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite. He looked around and saw no one, so he beat the Egyptian to death and buried him in the sand.
Pharaoh finally found out about Moses, and he was ready to kill Moses. But when Pharaoh sent people to arrest Moses, he had already fled to Midian. Moses married Zipporah, a priest's daughter, in Midian, and they had two sons.
Moses lived the life of a shepherd in Midian. One day, while he was tending sheep, he suddenly heard a voice calling: "Moses, Moses, I am the Lord God. I have heard the cry of the Israelites, who are suffering in Egypt." ?
Moses said to the voice: ?Lord, what do you want me to do?
The Lord God said: ?I will send you to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to force him to agree. You brought the Israelites out of Egypt and led them into the broad and wonderful land of milk and honey. ?
Moses said: What kind of person am I? How dare I go to Pharaoh? Besides, I am clumsy in my tongue. Lord, are you sending someone else away!?
God was angry: How bold! How dare you obey! You must go! I will provide you with an assistant, and let your brother Aaron be with you . Your mission is to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. ?
To accomplish this mission, God gave Moses’ staff extraordinary strength. He sent out spiritual inspirations, brought disasters, and punished the Egyptians, all with the help of the magic rod.
Moses and his brother Aaron returned to Egypt to meet Pharaoh. They said to Pharaoh: Allow us, the Israelites, to leave Egypt, so that we can go into the wilderness to observe festivals and sacrifices to the LORD our God. ?
Pharaoh said: "I do not know the LORD, and I will not allow you to go. You Israelites want to be absent from work, right?" Pharaoh said to the overseers and officials that day: "You want nothing more than the Israelites." When making bricks, they are asked to pick grass. Because they are lazy, I will make them work hard, lest they listen to lies and lies. ?
As a result, the situation of the Israelites became even more miserable. They were picking grass everywhere and working hard to make bricks. The Egyptian overseers also beat the Israeli officials. The rulers complained to Moses and Aaron: "You have brought a bad name on us before Pharaoh and his servants. This is like putting a sword in their hands to kill us!"
Moses and Aaron Aaron walked into the palace and showed his magical power in front of Pharaoh and his servants. Aaron held the magic staff and shook it a little toward the ground! It turned into a long snake that was as winding as a dragon. It circled on the ground and uttered a message, revealing a white and pointed snake. teeth.
When Pharaoh saw this situation, he calmly looked back and summoned the magician. They were Egyptian magicians and knew this trick. They shook their staffs and threw them to the ground, and the staffs turned into long snakes. But their snakes crawled and squeaked, and were eaten alive by Aaron's snakes.
Although Moses and Aaron performed miraculous powers on Pharaoh, Pharaoh was stubborn and still refused to let the Israelites leave Egypt.
The next morning, Moses and Aaron met Pharaoh and his servants by the river. Aaron raised his staff, swung it in the air, and struck it into the water. With a "chi" sound, the river water suddenly turned red and turned into blood. The rivers and ponds in Egypt were filled with blood, blood, and a scarlet stench, rippling with dead fish floating belly up. The water in the river was undrinkable. The Egyptians were so thirsty that they dug in the ground on both sides of the bank to get water.
However, the Pharaoh did not take this matter to heart. He left the river bank and turned back to the palace. After 7 days, the water surface returned to its original state. Moses and Aaron went into the palace to see Pharaoh and said to him: Allow the Israelites to leave Egypt!