Exodus 2:2-4
"2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him."
The midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, refused to help the evil Pharoah with his horrific plan. God rewarded the midwives. Pharoah resorts to plan b, ordering his people to throw the Israelites' baby boys into the Nile River to drown! Ending the threat of the Israelite population to the king's power.
Moses' parents were the Levite, Amram, and his wife, Jochebed. Into these terrible times, they brought a baby boy into the world. "...he was a goodly child, she hid him three months." Hiding a newborn baby is not easy. They kept up the mission for 90 days! How many days did they have close calls? Were the Egyptian guards on to them? How did they keep their family and friends from leaking their SECRET baby boy?
They could not keep this up indefinitely. We have to believe the Holy Ghost inspired them to send their precious baby down the river. "...she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him." They complied with the evil Pharoah's decree, but in their own way. God would have to see to it that this baby would be safe in the waters of the Nile River...
To see a wonderful dramatic and musical interpretation of this sequence of events, watch this scene from the Prince of Egypt movie. It's quite a masterpiece!
https://youtu.be/fQhcOJHTdb4?si=QQ1anPOgpmxB72DN
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