As the subheading above suggests, moses grew up. he lived a life of luxury as the prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's palace, but he was upset about the treatment of the Israelites. One day, he saw an Egyptian beating a slave, so Moses killed him (the Egyptian) and had to flee from Egypt, making his escape by riding off on a speedy young sheep, which is where we get the expression 'on the lam'.

Moses went to the land of Midian, where he became a professional shepherd, which was a living. One day he as shepherding on Mount Horeb when he saw a bush that was on fire and speaking in a voice that sounded kind of like Morgan Freeman's. this turned out to be G-d, who told Moses that he was going to rescue the Israelites from slavery and take them to a land flowing with milk and honey.

G-d told Moses that he should go back to Egypt and tell the Pharaoh to let the Israelites go or G-d would bring plagues down upon the Egyptians, and Moses said, 'OK,' because when a divine, all-powerful, flaming shrubbery tells you to do something, you do it.


haggadah Section: -- Exodus Story