ater from the well for them. The father was truly grateful for Moses’ deeds, and in return, he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah’s hand in marriage, and they bore a child named Gershom.Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, and as he led his flock, he departed from the wilderness, and stumbled upon a burning bush. To his surprise, the bush was burning, but the fire wasn’t consuming the bush. It was the Angel of the Lord speaking to Moses, and at this point, Moses receives his calling. The Lord tells him not to come any closer, and to remove his sandals because the ground in which he is standing on is holy ground. In this account the Lord explains to Moses that he has been chosen to deliver the Israelites out of the hands of the Egyptian king and his men, and deliver the Israelites into the land flowing with milk and honey. As Moses begins his journey into Egypt, he questions the Lord, how is he going to convince the people that he is sent from the Lord to deliver them out of the hands of Pharaoh. The Lord tells him that he will work miracles such as his staff turning into a snake and changing it back, make his hand become leprous and healing it, and getting water and causing it to become blood. Then Moses asks the Lord how is he going to speak to the people, considering that he is not as eloquent a speaker as his brother Aaron. His brother then is appointed to Moses to be his voice to the people, and they proceed to Egypt to deliver the Israelites. Then Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Let my people go, so that they may celebrate a festival to me in the wilderness.”(Exodus 5:1) Pharaoh does not adhere to the demands of the Lord, and questions God, “Who is God that I should let Israel go?”(Exodus 5:2) As a result of Pharaoh’s disobedience, he and his people undergo a season of several plagues.Theses plagues showed God’...
