Who was Moses ?

When Moses again puts his hand in his cloak, it comes out clean (Exodus 4:6-7). What exactly Moses did wrong has been debated by scholars.

Biblical leprosy is described in Leviticus 13 as a progressive disease that causes scabs, crusts and white patches on the skin, turns hair white and causes bald spots.

Moses most likely had a speech impediment. There are two points of interest in Exodus 4:10.

Moses was the son of Amram and Yochebed of the tribe of Levi. Miriam and Aaron were his brother and sister

The minor of the two comes at the beginning of the response in which Moses expresses his feelings of his calling of God.

He was born in Egypt during the period in which the Israelites (Hebrews) had become a threat to the Egyptians simply because of their large population.

The major of the two comes at the end of his comment in expressing why he feels that he can’t accept his calling.

The New Living Translation of the Bible records Moses’ response to God’s call in Exodus 4:10, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me.

The Pharaoh had ordered that all newborn male Hebrew children be cast into the Nile to drown.

I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”

Amram and Yochebed took their newborn son and placed him in a waterproof basket and hid him in the tall grasses of the Nile. Meanwhile, his sister Miriam hid and watched over the baby from a distance

Moses is believed to have sinned by not having faith in the Lord and disobeyed a direct command from Him.

A group of women and servants were bathing nearby. The Pharaoh's daughter, hearing the baby cry, found and rescued him

That is the reason he was not allowed to enter the Promised Land. God asked Moses to speak to the rock before his eyes and water would pour out which could be used by them and their livestock to drink, but Moses went ahead and hit the rock and water poured out.

Moses was brought up in the splendor of the Egyptian court as the Pharaoh's daughter's adopted son.

But the Lord said that as he didn’t show faith in Him and instead hit the rock so he must not bring this community to the land He has given them. His punishment for disobedience and pride was that he was barred from entering the Promised Land.

Another interesting fact about Moses is that God buried him in a location which is hidden from everybody.

Grown to manhood, he was aware of his Hebraic roots and shared a deep compassion for his confined kinsmen.

The tombs of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob’s are known but Moses’ tomb is still unknown.

He became furious while witnessing an Egyptian master brutally beating a Hebrew slave, and he impulsively killed the Egyptian.

God had sent back Moses to Egypt to demand the release of Hebrews into the desert.

Fearing the Pharaoh's punishment, he fled into the desert of Midian, becoming a shepherd for Jethro, a Midianite priest whose daughter Zipporah he later married.

God told him that the elders will listen to him and then he can take the elders with him to the King and ask him to release the Hebrews.

While tending the flocks on Horeb Mountain in the wilderness, he saw a bush burning yet not turning to ash. He heard a voice from within the bush telling him that he had been chosen to serve as one to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. He was also told to declare the unity of God to his people

He died in Midian at the age of 120. The Bible tells us he was healthy and unimpaired when he died.