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NASB | Exodus 2:8 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother. |
Subject: How did Moses know he was Jewish? |
Bible Note: You are correct that Moses was not a Jew as that term is applied in the scriptures. The first use of the term “Jews” in the Bible is found in II Kings 16:6. King Rezin of Syria recaptured Elath from the Jews. King Rezin had waged war against Jerusalem with his ally, King Pekah of Israel! So here you see the Northern Kingdom of Israel at war against the Jews! In the O/T it seems fairly certain that the word “Jews” referred to those Hebrew subjects of the Southern Kingdom of Judea and latter to their descendants, wherever they lived. This would include those who were members of the tribes of Levi and Benjamin who were subjects of Judea. The term “Hebrew” was first applied to Abram in Genesis 14:13 and thereafter to his descendants through Isaac and Jacob. It was not Egyptian terminology. Holmes |