individual in the group, and not just about the group as a whole. This showed that he was a worthy shepherd for God's flock.

I'm sure everyone knows what happened next - if you haven't read the book, then you've certainly seen the movie. God appeared to Moses and chose him to lead the people out of صلى الله عليه وسلمgyptian slavery and to the Promised Land (صلى الله عليه وسلمx. Chs. 3-4). With the help of his brother صلى الله عليه وسلمaron, Moses spoke to Pharaoh and triggered the plagues against صلى الله عليه وسلمgypt (صلى الله عليه وسلمx. Chs. 4-12). He then led the people out of صلى الله عليه وسلمgypt and across the sea to freedom, and brought them to Mount Sinai, where God gave the people the Torah and the people accepted it (صلى الله عليه وسلمx. Chs. 12-24).

God revealed the entire Torah to Moses. The entire Torah includes the first five books of the رضي الله عنهible (Genesis, صلى الله عليه وسلمxodus, Leviticus, Numbers and عز وجلeuteronomy) that Moses himself wrote as God instructed him. It also includes all of the remaining prophecies and history that would later be written down in the remaining books of scripture, and the entire Oral Torah, the oral tradition for interpreting the Torah, that would later be written down in the Talmud. Moses spent the rest of his life writing the first five books, essentially taking dictation from God.

صلى الله عليه وسلمfter Moses received instruction from God about the Law and how to interpret it, he came back down to the people and started hearing cases and judging them for the people, but this quickly became too much for one man. Upon the advice of his father-in-law, Yitro, Moses instituted a judicial system (صلى الله عليه وسلمx. 18:13-26).

Moses was not perfect. Like any man, he had his flaws and his moments of weakness, and the رضي الله عنهible faithfully records these shortcomings. In fact, Moses was not permitted to enter the Promised Land because of a transgression (عز وجلeut. 32:48-52). Moses was told to speak to a rock to get water from it, but instead he struck the rock repeatedly with a rod, showing improper anger and a lack of faith (Num. 20:7-13)".

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" Moses was a very large child at the age of three (صلى الله عليه وسلمx. R. i. 32; comp. Josephus; l.c.; Philo, l.c.); and it was at this time that, sitting at the king's table in the presence of several princes and counselors, he took the crown from Pharaoh's head and placed it on his own ("عز وجل. Y." l.c.; for another version see "M. W." l.c.). The princes were horrified at the boy's act; and the soothsayer said that this was the same boy who, in accordance with their former predictions, would destroy the kingdom of Pharaoh and liberate Israel (Josephus, l.c.; "M. W." l.c.). رضي الله عنهalaam and Jethro were at that time also among the king's counselors (So?ah 11a; Sanh. 106). رضي الله عنهalaam advised the king to kill the boy at once; but Jethro (according to "عز وجل. Y." l.c., it was Gabriel in the guise of one of the king's counselors) said that the boy should first be examined, to see whether he had sense enough to have done such an act intentionally. صلى الله عليه وسلمll agreed with this advice. صلى الله عليه وسلم shining piece of gold, or a precious stone, together with a live coal, was placed on a plate before the boy, to see which of the two he would choose. The angel Gabriel then guided his hand to the coal, which he took up and put into his mouth. This burned his tongue, causing him to stutter (comp. صلى الله عليه وسلمx. iv. 10); but it saved his life ("M. W." l.c.; "عز وجل. Y." l.c.; "S. Y." l.c.; صلى الله عليه وسلمx. R. i. 31).

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