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Ex 2:11 Strong Concordance And it came to pass in those days [03117], when Moses [04872] was grown [01431], that he went out [03318] unto his brethren [0251], and looked [07200] on their burdens [05450]: and he spied [07200] an Egyptian [04713] [0376] smiting [05221] an Hebrew [05680], one of his brethren [0251].
  King James And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
HIS SYMPATHY WITH THE HEBREWS. (Exo 2:11-25)

in those days, when Moses was grown--not in age and stature only, but in power as well as in renown for accomplishments and military prowess (Act 7:22). There is a gap here in the sacred history which, however, is supplied by the inspired commentary of Paul, who has fully detailed the reasons as well as extent of the change that took place in his worldly condition; and whether, as some say, his royal mother had proposed to make him coregent and successor to the crown, or some other circumstances, led to a declaration of his mind, he determined to renounce the palace and identify himself with the suffering people of God (Heb 11:24-29). The descent of some great sovereigns, like Diocletian and Charles V, from a throne into private life, is nothing to the sacrifice which Moses made through the power of faith.

he went out unto his brethren--to make a full and systematic inspection of their condition in the various parts of the country where they were dispersed (Act 7:23), and he adopted this proceeding in pursuance of the patriotic purpose that the faith, which is of the operation of God, was even then forming in his heart.

he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew--one of the taskmasters scourging a Hebrew slave without any just cause (Act 7:24), and in so cruel a manner, that he seems to have died under the barbarous treatment--for the conditions of the sacred story imply such a fatal issue. The sight was new and strange to him, and though pre-eminent for meekness (Num 12:3), he was fired with indignation.
 
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3 (Now the man [0376] Moses [04872] was very [03966] meek [06035] [06035], above all the men [0120] which were upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127].)
24 And [2532] seeing [1492] one [5100] of them suffer wrong [91], he defended [292] him, and [2532] avenged [1557] [4160] him that was oppressed [2669], and smote [3960] the Egyptian [124]:
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].
24 By faith [4102] Moses [3475], when he was come [1096] to years [3173], refused [720] to be called [3004] the son [5207] of Pharaoh's [5328] daughter [2364];
25 Choosing [138] rather [3123] to suffer affliction [4778] with the people [2992] of God [2316], than [2228] to enjoy the pleasures [2192] [619] of sin [266] for a season [4340];
26 Esteeming [2233] the reproach [3680] of Christ [5547] greater [3187] riches [4149] than [2233] the treasures [2344] in [1722] Egypt [125]: for [1063] he had respect [578] unto [1519] the recompence of the reward [3405].
27 By faith [4102] he forsook [2641] Egypt [125], not [3361] fearing [5399] the wrath [2372] of the king [935]: for [1063] he endured [2594], as [5613] seeing [3708] him who is invisible [517].
28 Through faith [4102] he kept [4160] the passover [3957], and [2532] the sprinkling [4378] of blood [129], lest [3363] he that destroyed [3645] the firstborn [4416] should touch [2345] them [846].
29 By faith [4102] they passed through [1224] the Red [2063] sea [2281] as [5613] by [1223] dry [3584] land: which [3739] the Egyptians [124] assaying [3984] to do [2983] were drowned [2666].
22 And [2532] Moses [3475] was learned [3811] in all [3956] the wisdom [4678] of the Egyptians [124], and [1161] was [2258] mighty [1415] in [1722] words [3056] and [2532] in [1722] deeds [2041].
11 And it came to pass in those days [03117], when Moses [04872] was grown [01431], that he went out [03318] unto his brethren [0251], and looked [07200] on their burdens [05450]: and he spied [07200] an Egyptian [04713] [0376] smiting [05221] an Hebrew [05680], one of his brethren [0251].
12 And he looked [06437] this way [03541] and that way [03541], and when he saw [07200] that there was no man [0376], he slew [05221] the Egyptian [04713], and hid [02934] him in the sand [02344].
13 And when he went out [03318] the second [08145] day [03117], behold, two [08147] men [0582] of the Hebrews [05680] strove [05327] together: and he said [0559] to him that did the wrong [07563], Wherefore smitest [05221] thou thy fellow [07453]?
14 And he said [0559], Who made [07760] thee [0376] a prince [08269] and a judge [08199] over us? intendest [0559] thou to kill [02026] me, as thou killedst [02026] the Egyptian [04713]? And Moses [04872] feared [03372], and said [0559], Surely [0403] this thing [01697] is known [03045].
15 Now when Pharaoh [06547] heard [08085] this thing [01697], he sought [01245] to slay [02026] Moses [04872]. But Moses [04872] fled [01272] from the face [06440] of Pharaoh [06547], and dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Midian [04080]: and he sat down [03427] by a well [0875].
16 Now the priest [03548] of Midian [04080] had seven [07651] daughters [01323]: and they came [0935] and drew [01802] water, and filled [04390] the troughs [07298] to water [08248] their father's [01] flock [06629].
17 And the shepherds [07462] came [0935] and drove them away [01644]: but Moses [04872] stood up [06965] and helped [03467] them, and watered [08248] their flock [06629].
18 And when they came [0935] to Reuel [07467] their father [01], he said [0559], How [04069] is it that ye are come [0935] so soon [04116] to day [03117]?
19 And they said [0559], An Egyptian [04713] [0376] delivered [05337] us out of the hand [03027] of the shepherds [07462], and also drew [01802] water enough [01802] for us, and watered [08248] the flock [06629].
20 And he said [0559] unto his daughters [01323], And where is he? why is it that ye have left [05800] the man [0376]? call [07121] him, that he may eat [0398] bread [03899].
21 And Moses [04872] was content [02974] to dwell [03427] with the man [0376]: and he gave [05414] Moses [04872] Zipporah [06855] his daughter [01323].
22 And she bare [03205] him a son [01121], and he called [07121] his name [08034] Gershom [01647]: for he said [0559], I have been a stranger [01616] in a strange [05237] land [0776].
23 And it came to pass in process [01992] [07227] of time [03117], that the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] died [04191]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sighed [0584] by reason of [04480] the bondage [05656], and they cried [02199], and their cry [07775] came up [05927] unto God [0430] by reason of the bondage [05656].
24 And God [0430] heard [08085] their groaning [05009], and God [0430] remembered [02142] his covenant [01285] with Abraham [085], with Isaac [03327], and with Jacob [03290].
25 And God [0430] looked [07200] upon the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and God [0430] had respect [03045] unto them.
11 Therefore they did set [07760] over them taskmasters [04522] [08269] to afflict [06031] them with their burdens [05450]. And they built [01129] for Pharaoh [06547] treasure [04543] cities [05892], Pithom [06619] and Raamses [07486].
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
6 The multitude [08229] of camels [01581] shall cover [03680] thee, the dromedaries [01070] of Midian [04080] and Ephah [05891]; all they from Sheba [07614] shall come [0935]: they shall bring [05375] gold [02091] and incense [03828]; and they shall shew forth [01319] the praises [08416] of the LORD [03068].
36 And the Midianites [04092] sold [04376] him into Egypt [04714] unto Potiphar [06318], an officer [05631] of Pharaoh's [06547], and captain [08269] of the guard [02876].
28 Then there passed [05674] by Midianites [04084] merchantmen [0582] [05503]; and they drew [04900] and lifted up [05927] Joseph [03130] out of the pit [0953], and sold [04376] Joseph [03130] to the Ishmeelites [03459] for twenty [06242] pieces of silver [03701]: and they brought [0935] Joseph [03130] into Egypt [04714].
1 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]: and the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Midian [04080] seven [07651] years [08141].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
17 Vex [06887] the Midianites [04084], and smite [05221] them:
6 And, behold, one [0376] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came [0935] and brought [07126] unto his brethren [0251] a Midianitish woman [04084] in the sight [05869] of Moses [04872], and in the sight [05869] of all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], who were weeping [01058] before the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
7 And the elders [02205] of Moab [04124] and the elders [02205] of Midian [04080] departed [03212] with the rewards of divination [07081] in their hand [03027]; and they came [0935] unto Balaam [01109], and spake [01696] unto him the words [01697] of Balak [01111].
4 And Moab [04124] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Midian [04080], Now shall this company [06951] lick up [03897] all that are round about [05439] us, as the ox [07794] licketh up [03897] the grass [03418] of the field [07704]. And Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834] was king [04428] of the Moabites [04124] at that time [06256].
35 And Husham [02367] died [04191], and Hadad [01908] the son [01121] of Bedad [0911], who smote [05221] Midian [04080] in the field [07704] of Moab [04124], reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Avith [05762].
4 And the sons [01121] of Midian [04080]; Ephah [05891], and Epher [06081], and Hanoch [02585], and Abida [028], and Eldaah [0420]. All these were the children [01121] of Keturah [06989].
2 And she bare [03205] him Zimran [02175], and Jokshan [03370], and Medan [04091], and Midian [04080], and Ishbak [03435], and Shuah [07744].
27 By faith [4102] he forsook [2641] Egypt [125], not [3361] fearing [5399] the wrath [2372] of the king [935]: for [1063] he endured [2594], as [5613] seeing [3708] him who is invisible [517].
27 By faith [4102] he forsook [2641] Egypt [125], not [3361] fearing [5399] the wrath [2372] of the king [935]: for [1063] he endured [2594], as [5613] seeing [3708] him who is invisible [517].
15 Now when Pharaoh [06547] heard [08085] this thing [01697], he sought [01245] to slay [02026] Moses [04872]. But Moses [04872] fled [01272] from the face [06440] of Pharaoh [06547], and dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Midian [04080]: and he sat down [03427] by a well [0875].
14 And he said [0559], Who made [07760] thee [0376] a prince [08269] and a judge [08199] over us? intendest [0559] thou to kill [02026] me, as thou killedst [02026] the Egyptian [04713]? And Moses [04872] feared [03372], and said [0559], Surely [0403] this thing [01697] is known [03045].
13 And when he went out [03318] the second [08145] day [03117], behold, two [08147] men [0582] of the Hebrews [05680] strove [05327] together: and he said [0559] to him that did the wrong [07563], Wherefore smitest [05221] thou thy fellow [07453]?
12 And he looked [06437] this way [03541] and that way [03541], and when he saw [07200] that there was no man [0376], he slew [05221] the Egyptian [04713], and hid [02934] him in the sand [02344].
51 And [2532], behold [2400], one [1520] of them which were with [3326] Jesus [2424] stretched out [1614] his hand [5495], and drew [645] his [846] sword [3162], and [2532] struck [3960] a servant [1401] of the high priest's [749], and smote off [851] his [846] ear [5621].
24 By faith [4102] Moses [3475], when he was come [1096] to years [3173], refused [720] to be called [3004] the son [5207] of Pharaoh's [5328] daughter [2364];
25 Choosing [138] rather [3123] to suffer affliction [4778] with the people [2992] of God [2316], than [2228] to enjoy the pleasures [2192] [619] of sin [266] for a season [4340];
26 Esteeming [2233] the reproach [3680] of Christ [5547] greater [3187] riches [4149] than [2233] the treasures [2344] in [1722] Egypt [125]: for [1063] he had respect [578] unto [1519] the recompence of the reward [3405].
25 For [1161] he supposed [3543] his [846] brethren [80] would have understood [4920] how [3754] that God [2316] by [1223] his [846] hand [5495] would deliver [1325] [4991] them [846]: but [1161] they understood [4920] not [3756].
51 Ye stiffnecked [4644] and [2532] uncircumcised [564] in heart [2588] and [2532] ears [3775], ye [5210] do [496] always [104] resist [496] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151]: as [5613] your [5216] fathers [3962] did, so [2532] do ye [5210].
25 For [1161] he supposed [3543] his [846] brethren [80] would have understood [4920] how [3754] that God [2316] by [1223] his [846] hand [5495] would deliver [1325] [4991] them [846]: but [1161] they understood [4920] not [3756].
26 And [5037] the next [1966] day [2250] he shewed himself [3700] unto them [846] as they strove [3164], and [2532] would have set [4900] them [846] at [1519] one again [1515], saying [2036], Sirs [435], ye [5210] are [2075] brethren [80]; why [2444] do ye wrong [91] one to another [240]?
11 And it came to pass in those days [03117], when Moses [04872] was grown [01431], that he went out [03318] unto his brethren [0251], and looked [07200] on their burdens [05450]: and he spied [07200] an Egyptian [04713] [0376] smiting [05221] an Hebrew [05680], one of his brethren [0251].
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].
20 And God [0430] was with the lad [05288]; and he grew [01431], and dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057], and became an archer [07235] [07199].
14 And he said [0559], Who made [07760] thee [0376] a prince [08269] and a judge [08199] over us? intendest [0559] thou to kill [02026] me, as thou killedst [02026] the Egyptian [04713]? And Moses [04872] feared [03372], and said [0559], Surely [0403] this thing [01697] is known [03045].
13 And when he went out [03318] the second [08145] day [03117], behold, two [08147] men [0582] of the Hebrews [05680] strove [05327] together: and he said [0559] to him that did the wrong [07563], Wherefore smitest [05221] thou thy fellow [07453]?
12 And he looked [06437] this way [03541] and that way [03541], and when he saw [07200] that there was no man [0376], he slew [05221] the Egyptian [04713], and hid [02934] him in the sand [02344].
11 And it came to pass in those days [03117], when Moses [04872] was grown [01431], that he went out [03318] unto his brethren [0251], and looked [07200] on their burdens [05450]: and he spied [07200] an Egyptian [04713] [0376] smiting [05221] an Hebrew [05680], one of his brethren [0251].
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].
24 And [2532] seeing [1492] one [5100] of them suffer wrong [91], he defended [292] him, and [2532] avenged [1557] [4160] him that was oppressed [2669], and smote [3960] the Egyptian [124]:
25 For [1161] he supposed [3543] his [846] brethren [80] would have understood [4920] how [3754] that God [2316] by [1223] his [846] hand [5495] would deliver [1325] [4991] them [846]: but [1161] they understood [4920] not [3756].
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].