Moses: From Palace to Wilderness

MOSES — Raised in Pharaoh’s House Exodus 2 Moses grew up between two worlds.

He was raised in Pharaoh’s house, surrounded by power, wealth, and authority.

Though born a Hebrew, he was taught the ways of Egypt, educated among princes, and lived in the

palace of the very king who had ordered Hebrew sons to be killed. Yet Moses never

lost sight of who he was. The Bible says that when Moses was grown, he went out unto

his brethren and looked on their burdens (Exodus 2:11). He saw the suffering

of his people—the hard labor, the cruelty, the injustice. What had once been

distant became personal. One day, Moses saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.