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Moses

Also known as Moshe, Moshe Rabbeinu

In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the Exodus from Egypt. He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and Samaritanism, and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to the Abrahamic scriptures, God dictated the Mosaic Law to Moses, which he wrote down and which formed part of the Torah.

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Moses was a Hebrew prophet who, according to Abrahamic religious traditions, led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt during the Exodus and received the Mosaic Law directly from God. He is revered as the most important prophet in Judaism and Samaritanism, and holds significant religious importance across Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Religious person.name: Moses
Religious person.native_name: מֹשֶׁה
Religious person.native_name_lang: hbo
Religious person.image: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 079.jpg
Religious person.caption: Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law by Rembrandt, 1659
Religious person.birth_place: Goshen, Lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt
Religious person.death_place: Mount Nebo, Moab, Transjordan (aged 120 in Jewish traditions)
Religious person.known_for: The Mosaic covenant and law under the Torah for Judaism Major prophet in Christianity, Islam, Druze Faith, Rastafari, and Samaritanism Manifestation of God in Bahá'í Faith
Religious person.spouse: Zipporah, unnamed Cushite woman

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Image: Michelangelo's Moses in San Pietro in Vincoli.jpg

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date of birth: 2000-00-00
date of death: 1500-00-00
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Commons category: Moses (Biblical figure)
name in native language: מֹשֶׁה
floruit: 1300-00-00
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Etymology of name
Biblical narrative
Prophet and deliverer of Israel
Lawgiver of Israel
Historicity
Irsu
Osarseph
Hellenistic literature
Hecataeus
Artapanus
Strabo
Tacitus
Longinus
Josephus
Numenius
Justin Martyr
Abrahamic religions
Judaism
Christianity
Mormonism
Islam
Baháʼí Faith
Druze faith
Legacy in politics and law
In United States history
Pilgrims
Founding Fathers of the United States
Slavery and civil rights
Cultural portrayals and references
Art
Michelangelo's statue
Depiction on U.S. government buildings
Literature
Film and television
Criticism of Moses
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a period when his people, the Israelites, who were an enslaved minority, were increasing in population; consequently, the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. When Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites, Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him in the bulrushes along the Nile river. The Pharaoh's daughter discovered the infant there and adopted him as a foundling. Thus, he grew up with the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slave-master who was beating a Hebrew, Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian, where he encountered the Angel of the Lord, speaking to him from within a burning bush on Mount Horeb.