22. So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.
23. “As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided to visit his brothers, the Israelites.
24. When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.
25. He assumed his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.
26. The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ’
27. “But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him away, saying:Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?
28. Do you want to kill me, the same way you killed the Egyptian yesterday?
29. “At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.
30. After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.