Bible Stories About Moses

Moses started his calling with excuses: “Who am I?” He ended it on a mountaintop, seeing the Promised Land God had brought His people to. In between, he watched God part the sea, feed a nation in the desert, and speak to him face to face.

A Basket Among the Reeds
Exodus 1:22–2:10 · Book 2, Day 3
Pharaoh was afraid the Hebrew slaves were growing too strong, so he gave a terrible order: every Hebrew baby boy was to be thrown into the Nile River…
Who Am I?
Exodus 3:1–14 · Book 1, Day 16
Moses had once been a prince of Egypt. But after killing an Egyptian and fleeing for his life, he spent forty years in the desert of Midian tending his…
The Selfsame Day
Exodus 12:31–42 · Book 6, Day 7
Long before Israel ever went to Egypt, God told Abraham something hard. Your descendants will be strangers in a land that isn’t theirs. They will be…
Stand Still and See
Exodus 14:1–31 · Book 2, Day 1
Israel had just walked out of Egypt after four hundred years of slavery. But God didn’t lead them along the short road toward home. He led them the…
A Tree in Bitter Water
Exodus 15:22–27 · Book 2, Day 5
Just three days earlier, Israel had walked through the Red Sea on dry ground and sung a song of victory on the far shore. Now they were in the…
Hold Up His Hands
Exodus 17:8–16 · Book 5, Day 4
Israel had barely left Egypt when the Amalekites attacked them in the desert at Rephidim. Moses told a young man named Joshua to choose some men and go…
Is the Lord’s Hand Waxed Short?
Numbers 11:4–23, 31–32 · Book 7, Day 4
God had fed Israel with manna every morning in the wilderness. But the people grew tired of it. They started remembering Egypt. “We remember the fish…
More Than Enough
Exodus 35:20–29; 36:1–7 · Book 7, Day 3
God had given Moses detailed plans for the tabernacle, a beautiful tent where He would meet with His people in the wilderness. It would take gold…
Speak Ye unto the Rock
Numbers 20:1–13; Exodus 17:1–7 · Book 4, Day 21
Nearly forty years earlier, in the wilderness, the people of Israel had run out of water. God told Moses to strike a rock with his staff, and water…
Shoes That Didn’t Wear Out
Deuteronomy 8:1–18; 29:5 · Book 7, Day 5
Forty years after leaving Egypt, Israel stood on the edge of the Promised Land. Moses was an old man now, and he knew he wouldn’t be going in with…
Look and Live
Numbers 21:4–9 · Book 6, Day 9
Israel was traveling the long way around the land of Edom, and the people grew impatient. They complained against God and against Moses. Why did you…
From the Top of Pisgah
Deuteronomy 34:1–12 · Book 6, Day 10
For forty years, Moses had led Israel through the wilderness. He had stood before Pharaoh, raised his staff over the Red Sea, climbed Mount Sinai, and…
Hear Ye Him
Matthew 17:1–9 · Book 4, Day 26
Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a high mountain by themselves. There, He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His…
The Second Set of Tablets
Exodus 32:15–20; 34:1–10, 27–29 · Book 8, Day 3
Moses had spent forty days on Mount Sinai with God. He came down carrying two stone tablets with the Ten Commandments, written by God’s own finger. But…

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