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newborn male child of the Israelites
be killed.
During this frightful time a hand-
some boy was born.
His name was Musa.
Fearing for the safety of the little
child, Musa’s mother put him into a
basket and placed it into the waters
of the river Nile.
The Queen of Egypt found the bas-
ket floating on the river.
She decided to keep the child as
her own.
Musa grew up in the palace of
Fir‘awn as a prince of Egypt.
Although Musa was brought up as a
prince the suffering of the Israelites
made him very unhappy.
One day Musa saw an Egyptian
man beating an Israelite slave.
While trying to stop the Egyptian
Musa accidentally killed him.
Musa had to flee from Egypt to the
