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ChiidhoOd Of Hoses
THE LESSON TEXT.

EXODUS 2:1-1G)
L And there went a man OF the nouss %
Levi, and took to wife q daughter OF !-stt'
; And fhe woman conceived, and bare q
sen: and when she saw him that ne va .
good1y child, she hid him three mon.n s;,
s. And when she could not ion ligSe,,. -
him she took for him an ark OF Dulfusnes'
and daubed It with slime and with Pitcns
and put the child therein; and she laao Il
In the flags by the rivers brink
4. And his sister stood atar on 70
what would be done to him oa,,a
5. And the daughter of Pharaoh came
dswn to wash herself at the river; anu mes
and when she saw the ark among the Aass'
she sent her maid to fetch II
g. And when she had opened II, she saw
the child: and, behold. the babe Wept. [Ae
she had compassion on him, ana sdlo' Us
Is one of the Hebrews children
Z. Then said his sister to ShaIaoh
daughter, Shall I go and call to enee
nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may
nurse the child for thee?
s. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her'5
Go. And the maid went and called the
8. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her.
Take this child away, and nurse it for me-
and I will give thee thy wages And the
woman took the child, and nursed it,
TO- And the child grew, and she broughs
him unto Pharaohs daughter, and he De-
came her son. And she called his name
Moses: and she said, Because drew him
GOLDEN TEXT.-Train MP child in
the way he should go; and when he
is old, he Will not depart from it,
Prov. 22:6.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Moses Birth Tvs. 1, 2).-Moses' par
ents belonged to the tribe of Levi, ana
we are told their names in 6:2O; Num-
&c: 50; Moses father being named An
ram, and his mother Jochebed. The
scattered conditions under which the
Hebrews lived would make it possible
with care and with the loyalty OF
| neighbors to conceal the existence of
a child for some time. As the child
grew older, its cries stronger and the
time close at hand when it would be-
gin to move about, the hiding becanes
less and less easy. Perhaps signs
that Moses existence was suspected
were visible to the watchful eyes OF
his mother.
Moses Rescue Tvs. 3-s)-The bas-
lzet in which Moses was exposed was
probably not made especially for
that purpose, the word took" ind
eating that it was at hand, perhaps
in the equipment of the house. The
bitumen and pitch were carefully
spread over it to make it water-tight..
The flags by the Nile would keep thu
basket from floating away. The Sc
lection of a spot near the princess
bathing place was probably designed
| by Moses me Their, who may have
| heard enough about the princess to con-
vince her that she would be inclined to
be tender toward the helpless child,
Miriam was some years older than
| Moses, the word maid used of her
in verse indicating a girl not muck
| less than IL years old at the young
est. The ark was so placed that the
princess could not help noticing it,
and it's appearance was so strange
that her curiosity about it was nat
ural. The crying of the child thus ap-
parently abandoned would touch her
heart, and Miriam's approach with a.
definite suggestion while she was In
this mood fixed her resolve very
quickly The plan for keeping Moses
in his mothers care in infancy and
then having him educated by the
Egyptians worked perfectly,
Moses Training Tvs. 9, 10).-The Pc
Rod during which Moses would be left
in the care of his mother-nurse would
last until he was old enough to begin
his systematic training at court. Dur
ing this time his mother most natural
1y felt that she had him in trust in
double sense, inasmuch as she must
take care of him both for the princess
and for God. The wages doubtless
amounted to more than any income the
Hebrew family had had before. Her
training of Moses in the traditions
of the race was thorough, as his late:
knowledge of them, when he had not
lived among his people for go years,
shows. The formal delivery to the
princess probably took place wheI:
Moses was about eight years old.
After that time Moses would see his
mother only on such visits as it is nat
ural for boy to pay to his nurse. The
education of a youth situated as Moses
was. in the palace, involved thorough
training in reading and hieroglyphic
writings, in athletics and warfare, IL
the sciences as they were known to the
Egyptian priests, and in certain more
or less spiritual doctrines and myster
les which were kept secret among thG
priesthood. This training was prob.
ably on the secular side the best edu.
cation to be had then anywhere in thu
world.