Acts 7:21-24 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

²¹When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

²²So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

²³When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

²⁴And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

— Acts 7:21-24

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