Why did moses slaughter the Egyptian?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

"He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand." (Exodus 2:11-12)

So, because he was angry, and he was acting in a way that he probably that was just at the time, although it caused him to have to flee Egypt.

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∙ 13y ago

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