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12 Looking around and seeing no one else, he killed[a] the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 Going out the next day, Moses noticed[b] two Hebrew men fighting right in front of him. He told the one who was at fault, “Why did you strike your companion?”

14 The man[c] replied, “Who appointed you to be an official judge over us? Are you planning[d] to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?”

Then Moses became terrified and told himself,[e] “Certainly this event has become known!”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:12 Lit. struck
  2. Exodus 2:13 The Heb. lacks noticed
  3. Exodus 2:14 Lit. He
  4. Exodus 2:14 Lit. saying
  5. Exodus 2:14 The Heb. lacks to himself

12 Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?”(A)

14 The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us?(B) Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”

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