22. He was taught all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in words and deeds.
23. “When Moses was forty years old, he decided to find out how his fellow-Israelites were being treated.
24. He saw one of them being ill-treated by an Egyptian, so he went to his help and took revenge on the Egyptian by killing him.
25. (He thought that his own people would understand that God was going to use him to set them free, but they did not understand.)
26. The next day he saw two Israelites fighting, and he tried to make peace between them. ‘Listen, men,’ he said, ‘you are fellow-Israelites; why are you fighting like this?’
27. But the one who was ill-treating the other pushed Moses aside. ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?’ he asked.