Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

MOSES [MOE zez] — the Hebrew prophet who delivered the Israelites from Egyptian slavery and who was their leader and lawgiver during their years of wandering in the wilderness. He was from the family line of Amram and Jochebed (Ex. 6:18, 20;




Hayford's Bible Handbook - Dictionary

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mo´ses (Heb. Môsheh, “drawn,” i.e., from the water; in the Coptic it means “saved from the water”), the legislator of the Jewish people, and in a certain sense the founder of the Jewish religion. The immediate pedigree of Moses is as follows:

The history of Moses naturally divides itself into three p...




I Never Knew That Was In The Bible

MOSES BASKET

A portable, shallow, wickerwork cradle for a baby is sometimes known as a “Moses basket.” This expression alludes to the papyrus cradle into which the infant Moses was placed, among the reeds by the River Nile (Exodus 2:3): “And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with p...


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New Naves Topical Bible

MOSES. A Levite and son of Amram, Ex. 2:1–4; 6:20; Acts 7:20; Heb. 11:23. Hidden in an ark, Ex. 2:3. D...




Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Commentary - Topics

In Life: The Education of Moses

“It doesn’t matter whether you have an education,” some people say, “God can use you anyway.” True, God can use anyone, with or without formal education. But Moses’ learning “in all the wisdom of the Egyptians” (Acts 7:22) proved to be a valuable asset when the Lord called him to lead Israel out of captivity...


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MacArthur Topical Index

Parents of. Ex 6:16–20

Born under slavery in Egypt. Ex 2:1–10

Refused privileges of Egypt. Heb 11:23–27

Hears God’s plan for him.


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Nelson's 3-D Bible Mapbook

Over the Jordan

The Israelites enter the Promised Land.

1. After Moses death, Joshua sends spies to explore Canaan—and especially Jericho.

2. The spies return. Next day Joshua moves the people to camp by the Jordan. It is springtime, the river is in flood. They wait 3 days.

3. At the city of Adam, 16 miles upstream, a landslide bl...


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MacArthur Bible Handbook

Hebrews
Christ is Our High Priest

Title

When the various NT books were formally brought together into one collection shortly after A.D. 100, the titles were added for convenience. This epistle's title bears the traditional Greek title, “To the Hebrews,” which was attested by at least the second century A.D. Within the epistle itself, however, there is no identification of the recipients as either Hebrews (Jews) or Gentiles. ...


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Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs

Palestine Under Roman Rule

(The Gospels and Acts)

“When the fullness of the time had come” (NKJV) or “When the right time finally came” (Today’s English Version), “God sent forth His Son, born of a woman.” (Galatians 4:4 NKJV)

If you think America has been sinking into the “dark ages” morally and religiously, con...


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