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,,child',s ,,book   ,,about   ,,moses4  
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,the ,alphabet4     ,a  ,b  ,c  ,d  ,e  
,f  ,g    ,h  ,i  ,j  ,k  ,l  ,m  ,n    
,o  ,p  ,q  ,r  ,s  ,t  ,u       ,v  ,w 
,x  ,y  ,z     a  b  c  d  e  f  g    h 
i  j  k  l  m  n    o  p  q  r  s  t  u 
v  w  x  y  z     ,,moses4   ,moses was 
born in the year of the world #bdcc4    
,his parents lived in ,egypt4 ,before   
his birth1 ,pharaoh1 king of ,egypt1    
being fearful of their increase1 had    
given orders to have every male infant  
of the ,hebrews murdered4 ,the father   
and mother of ,moses were ,hebrews1 and1
 like other parents1 they loved their   
child too much to have him injured4     
,besides1 they thought they saw         
something very promising in his         
appearance1 as if he would make a great 

and good man1 if he were rightly        
trained3 they therefore kept him hid    
three months4  ,when they could hide him
 no longer1 his mother1 ,jochebed1 made 
an ark or chest of bulrushes1 and having
 pitched it that it might be water      
proof1 she put ,moses into it1 and laid 
it near the banks of the river ,nile1   
and prayed to ,god for the safety of her
 child4  ,he had not lain long in this  
condition1 when ,pharaoh's daughter1    
coming to wash1 observed the ark1 and   
directed one of her maids to fetch it2  
and opening it1 she found the child4    
,she was struck with the beauty of the  
babe1 and was affected at its weeping2  
for the poor child cried1 being         
separated from its mother3 supposing it 
to be one of the ,hebrews' children1 the
 princess resolved to bring it up as a  
child of her own4  ,illustration        
,miriam1 the sister of ,moses1 then     
about ten or twelve years of age1 who   
waited near by1 asked ,pharaoh's        
daughter if she might not find a nurse  

for her1 and being allowed to do it1 she
 called ,jochebed1 the child's mother4  
,thus her prayer was answered1 and she  
had the care of the child besides4  ,he 
was named ,moses1 which signifies being 
taken out of the water4 ,he was educated
 in all the learning of the ,egyptians1 
and was treated in all respects as if he
 were the son of the princess4  ,after  
he became of age1 while walking forth   
one day1 he observed with indignation   
the oppression of his brethren2 and     
seeing an ,egyptian smiting a ,hebrew1  
he became so excited1 that he           
interfered1 and killed the ,egyptian4   
,fearful of the consequences of this    
rash act1 he fled into the land of      
,midian1 where he became a shepherd4    
,as ,moses led his flocks one day near  
to the north or west side of ,mount     
,sinai1 the ,lord appeared to him in a  
bush1 burning but not consumed4 ,moses  
was astonished at the sight1 and went   
near to see the miracle4  ,illustration 
,and the ,lord spoke to him out of the  

bush1 and told him to put off his shoes 
before he came any nearer1 as the spot  
was sacred on account of the presence of
 ,god4 ,we should never go into the     
presence of ,god1 or engage in his      
worship1 without being solemn and       
attentive4  ,god then declared himself  
to ,moses to be the ,god of ,abraham1   
,isaac1 and ,jacob1 and told him that1  
on account of the promise he had made1  
and in view of what his oppressed people
 suffered from the cruel ,egyptians1 he 
now intended to deliver them1 and bring 
them into ,canaan1 and would make ,moses
 the instrument of this4  ,the ,hebrews1
 at the command of ,god1 and under the  
direction of ,moses1 left ,egypt at last
 in great haste1 and took their journey 
to the south-east4 ,pharaoh and his     
people were soon sorry that they had    
consented to let them go1 and followed  
with a great army to bring them back1   
and nearly overtook them on the west    
side of the ,red ,sea4  ,illustration   
,the ,hebrews were now afraid of the    

,egyptians1 and not believing in ,god as
 they should have done1 they exclaimed  
against ,moses for bringing them out of 
,egypt4 ,moses prayed to the ,lord for  
deliverance4 ,that part of the ,red ,sea
 where they now were1 was not many miles
 broad4 ,god told ,moses to stretch his 
rod over it4 ,he did so1 and ,god caused
 the waters to be separated1 so that a  
passage was made for the ,hebrews       
through the sea1 and they arrived safe  
upon the other side4  ,illustration     
,pharaoh and the ,egyptians1 being      
resolved to overtake the ,hebrews1 if   
possible1 and carry them back to ,egypt1
 pursued after them into the passage    
which the ,lord had made for the        
,hebrews in the sea4 ,but ,god knew how 
to preserve his people from these wicked
 and cruel ,egyptians4 ,he caused them  
to meet with difficulties in the        
passage1 and made the way dark unto     
them4 ,and when the ,hebrews were all   
over1 and the ,egyptians in the channel1
 ,god directed ,moses to stretch his rod

 towards the sea2 and being moved by a  
strong wind which the ,lord sent1 the   
waters of the sea suddenly returned to  
their former place1 and drowned the     
whole of them4  ,illustration  ,in order
 to direct them on their way through the
 wilderness1 ,god caused a pillar of a  
cloud1 or a cloud in the form of a      
pillar or column1 extending upwards     
toward heaven1 to hover over the camp or
 tents of the ,hebrews4 ,in the day-time
 it appeared as mist1 and protected them
 from the scorching sun4 ,in the night1 
it seemed a pillar of fire1 and gave    
them light4 ,when they encamped1 it     
hovered above them over the tabernacle2 
when they marched1 it went before them4 
,forty years it attended them1 until    
they had arrived at the promised land4  
,illustration  ,on the east side of the 
sea1 ,moses and the men1 and ,miriam and
 the women of the ,hebrews1 sung a song 
of praise to ,god for their miraculous  
deliverance4--,we ought to thank ,god   
when he delivers us from evil1 and be   

afraid to sin against him as the        
,egyptians did4  ,illustration  ,at     
,kadesh1 the ,hebrews murmured because  
there was no water for them and their   
cattle4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron his      
brother looked unto the ,lord to know   
what they should do4 ,and he directed   
,moses unto a rock which was there1 to  
smite it with his rod1 and it should    
give forth water4 ,and ,moses did so1   
and water came out1 and the people drank
 thereof1 and their cattle also4  ,the  
tabernacle1 which was built for the     
worship of ,god in the wilderness1 was  
finished1 and ,moses1 at the command of 
,god1 consecrated ,aaron and his sons to
 the office of priests1 and dedicated   
the tabernacle with all its vessels4 ,it
 was the business of the priests to take
 the oversight of the tabernacle and all
 the furniture2 they slew1 burnt1 and   
poured out the blood of the sacrifices2 
they put the shew-bread on the golden   
table2 they offered the incense2 they   
blew the silver trumpets2 they supplied 

with oil1 and lighted and snuffed the   
sacred lamps1 and took down and set up  
the tabernacle4  ,illustration  ,korah1 
,dathan1 and ,abiram1 and other chiefs  
of the congregation1 envying the        
authority of ,moses and ,aaron1 formed a
 party against them4 ,they haughtily    
upbraided ,moses and ,aaron as taking   
too much upon them4 ,moses replied that 
they were too arrogant to find fault    
with what ,god had ordered1 and that the
 next day the ,lord would show whom he  
allowed to officiate in the high        
priesthood4 ,he advised ,korah with his 
associates to appear with their censers 
full of incense to stand the trial4     
,they did so1 and put sacred fire into  
their censers4 ,god ordered ,moses and  
,aaron to separate themselves from them1
 that he might destroy them instantly4  
,they did so2 and the ,lord caused the  
earth to open and swallow up alive      
,korah1 ,dathan1 ,abiram1 and all their 
families4 ,thus were these wicked men1  
and those who adhered to them1 destroyed

 for their arrogance and impiety4       
,illustration  ,in the eleventh month of
 the fortieth year after the coming out 
of ,egypt1 ,moses made a long discourse 
to the people1 exhorting them to be     
faithful in the service of ,god1 and    
warning them of the judgments which     
would be sent upon them if they departed
 from him4  ,at the beginning of the    
twelfth month1 ,moses ascended ,mount   
,nebo1 where he obtained a view of the  
land of ,canaan4 ,and there ,moses the  
servant of the ,lord died2 and the      
children of ,israel wept for ,moses in  
the plain of ,moab thirty days4--,may we
 be good and faithful like this great   
man4 ,then not only our friends1 but    
,god will love us1 and when we die1 he  
will take us home to glory4       ,,new 
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