Essay About Moses

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“MOSES AND ZIPPORAH”
Moses was born in Africa-Egypt to a Hebrew family, from the tribe of Levi. However, Moses grew up in Pharaoh’s house as one of the prince of Egypt. It came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown that he ran away to the land of Midian after he discovered that he was a Hebrew child, and killed an Egyptian for the sake of his brethren (Exodus 2:1-10).
Notice that prior to Moses discovering his identity, he was not different from his other Egyptian brothers living in ancient Egypt. Upon arriving in the land of Media, he then married a woman named Zipporah whose father was a Midianite priest, an Arabian-Ethiopian from the descendant of Keturah the wife of Abraham. The scripture did not tell us that Moses was married in Egypt before running away to the land of Media. According to the scripture, Moses arrived in the land of Media a single man, and then fell in love with Jethro’s daughter. We were not told that Moses was divorced either before meeting his Midianite …show more content…

Everything about Moses was African, he was born, raised, educated, lived, married, had children and died in Africa. His philosophy, traditions, and lifestyle was fashioned according to the mentality of the people of Africa, and his physical appearance looked African-Egyptian, and that was while he was called an Egyptian by his in laws (Exodus 2:1-22; 18:1-12; Acts 7:20-41; Hebrews 11:23-27). The bible said by a prophet “Moses” the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved (Hosea 12:13). The Lord used the dark skinned Moses and his black East-African wife and their black children to deliver the children of Israel out of Egypt. According to Archaeology, the native land of “Ethiopia” is geographically located in East Africa and not in

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