JOEL - Here's the relevant scripture:
"And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was
grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked
on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an
Hebrew, one of his brethren.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw
that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid
him in the sand." (Ex 2:11-12)
It could be argued that Moses was defending a fellow
Hebrew who was being beaten, so most people would not
consider it murder. It is up to God to judge something
like this; apparently God did not judge him as a
murderer, otherwise he would not have been called a
prophet. Also this happened before he became a
prophet.
It is significant that Bible commentators also point
out that the Bible nowhere condemns Moses' action nor
calls him a murderer. In the eyes of God, and
according to the law of most, if not all, human
societies, this killing was excusable homicide, not murder.
Return to top