13 July 2021, General Week 15 - Tuesday FIRST READING “She called his name Moses, saying, 'I brought him out of the waters.' Now the day came when Moses, who had grown up, went to his brothers ” A Reading from the book of Exodus (2, 1-15a)

13 July 2021, General Week 15 - Tuesday 

FIRST READING 

“She called his name Moses, saying, 'I brought him out of the waters.' Now the day came when Moses, who had grown up, went to his brothers ” 

A Reading from the book of Exodus (2, 1-15a) 

In those days, a man from the tribe of Levi had married a woman from the same tribe. She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son. Seeing that he was handsome, she hid him for three months. When it was impossible for her to keep it hidden any longer, she took a basket of rushes, which she smeared with bitumen and tar. She placed the child there, and placed the basket on the banks of the Nile, among the reeds. The child's sister stood at a distance to see what was to come; Pharaoh's daughter came down to the river to bathe there, while her attendants strolled along the shore. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to take it. She opened it and saw the child. He was a little boy, he was crying. She took pity on him and said, “He is a child of the Hebrews. "The child's sister then said to Pharaoh's daughter:" Do you want me to go and find you, among the Hebrew women, a nurse who will feed the child for you? Pharaoh's daughter replied, "Go. The young girl went to look for the mother of the child. Pharaoh's daughter said to her, “Take this child and feed him for me. I will give you your salary. Then the woman took the child and fed him. When the child had grown up, she brought him back to Pharaoh's daughter, who treated him as her own son; she named him Moses, saying, "I brought him out of the waters." Now the day came when Moses, who had grown up, went to his brethren and saw them burdened with drudgery. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brothers. Looking around and seeing no one, he struck the Egyptian to death and buried him in the sand. The next day he went out again: behold, two Hebrews were fighting. He said to the abuser, "Why are you hitting your mate? The man replied, "Who made you ruler and judge over us?" Do you want to kill me like you killed the Egyptian? »Moses was afraid and said to himself:« No doubt, the thing is known. Pharaoh was informed and sought to have Moses killed. He fled far from Pharaoh and lived in the land of Midiana. Pharaoh was informed and sought to have Moses killed. He fled far from Pharaoh and lived in the land of Midiana. Pharaoh was informed and sought to have Moses killed. He fled far from Pharaoh and lived in the land of Midiana. 

- Word of the Lord.

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