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Exd 2:12 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

he looked		Act 7:24-26
slew		"If the Egyptian killed the Hebrew, Moses only acted agreeably to the divine law (Gen 9:6) in thus slaying the Egyptian; nor did he violate the law of Egypt; for, according to Diodorus Siculus (1. 1. 17), ""he who saw a man killed, or violently assaulted on the highway, and did not rescue him, if he could, was punished with death."" Moses, therefore, in this transaction, acted as a brave and good man; especially as at this time there was little probability of obtaining justice on an Egyptian murderer."

Correlating Passages

he looked

	Act 7:24	And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
	Act 7:25	For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
	Act 7:26	And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

slew

Gen 9:6

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 2:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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