Moses
Sign in to saveIn Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the Exodus from Egypt. He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and Samaritanism, and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to the Abrahamic scriptures, God dictated the Mosaic Law to Moses, which he wrote down and which formed part of the Torah.
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Moses was a Hebrew prophet who, according to Abrahamic religious traditions, led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt during the Exodus and received the Mosaic Law directly from God. He is revered as the most important prophet in Judaism and Samaritanism, and holds significant religious importance across Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
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Key facts
- Religious person.name
- Moses
- Religious person.native_name
- מֹשֶׁה
- Religious person.native_name_lang
- hbo
- Religious person.image
- Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 079.jpg
- Religious person.caption
- Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law by Rembrandt, 1659
- Religious person.birth_place
- Goshen, Lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt
- Religious person.death_place
- Mount Nebo, Moab, Transjordan (aged 120 in Jewish traditions)
- Religious person.known_for
- The Mosaic covenant and law under the Torah for Judaism Major prophet in Christianity, Islam, Druze Faith, Rastafari, and Samaritanism Manifestation of God in Bahá'í Faith
- Religious person.spouse
- Zipporah, unnamed Cushite woman
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Key dates
- Born
- 2000 BCE
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41 sectionsContents
- Etymology of name
- Biblical narrative
- Prophet and deliverer of Israel
- Lawgiver of Israel
- Historicity
- Irsu
- Osarseph
- Hellenistic literature
- Hecataeus
- Artapanus
- Strabo
- Tacitus
- Longinus
- Josephus
- Numenius
- Justin Martyr
- Abrahamic religions
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Mormonism
- Islam
- Baháʼí Faith
- Druze faith
- Legacy in politics and law
- In United States history
- Pilgrims
- Founding Fathers of the United States
- Slavery and civil rights
- Cultural portrayals and references
- Art
- Michelangelo's statue
- Depiction on U.S. government buildings
- Literature
- Film and television
- Criticism of Moses
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the Exodus from Egypt. He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and Samaritanism, and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to the Abrahamic scriptures, God dictated the Mosaic Law to Moses, which he wrote down and which formed part of the Torah.
According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a period when his people, the Israelites, who were an enslaved minority, were increasing in population; consequently, the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. When Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites, Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him in the bulrushes along the Nile river. The Pharaoh's daughter discovered the infant there and adopted him as a foundling. Thus, he grew up with the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slave-master who was beating a Hebrew, Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian, where he encountered the Angel of the Lord, speaking to him from within a burning bush on Mount Horeb.