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fusans, literally, he lip of the river '{--an Egyptian | | successful esca {also by Aaron, huart. fra The corer wif ls slave ser-|; She Hot errs ana: 80, then a sister of' Rameses the od proving hh io means are | Grea the royal |: gv firm ahildren among the He- ews 3 Verse 22. Pharaoh charged all nts his. people--His taskmasters and overseers, those having general and more immediate supervision over | the Hebrew colony. very son . . .. cast into the Loe, fiver According to Josephus, the sraelites, during their severe per- = | secution in Egypt, 'dug canals and 'I and banked Trivers, fortified cities built pyramids." The same uthor explains that the severe per- hn Ws dua to the prediction r that an Israelite +) born who would 2 dit on Egypt and free 3 use of Levi-- $ fe Fxod. 6 ghter, 15, 20, 21, and Exod, women with tim destruc. | A" 4, His sister--) riam, now about thirteen years old. The fitet men- on of Miriam by name is in cons nection with' the account of Israel's through the Red (Bea, after w Eahiel led a chorus of ls and the desert 3 nthe of "he eaplé Miriam ins tod ah open yobelion against Moses, which was fo lowed | ¢ Yor this 'rebellion against God's chosen leader she was on with leprosy, from which she was sa healed only ab te gement 0ses, . and Dalal, of at. Kadesh is aad. hus to in Num. 20. 1 (compare also 'Exod. 1, 0, $1; Num. 139, 1- 5. The dau ter of Pharaoh---Pos- a daughter of Seti I, and if ied down to bathe at the river nob uncommon custom for wos mest even of high rank, special Places aces being reserved for their thing along the river bank. The Nils River, moreover, was regarded by the' tians as 4 sacred stream, ite waters as health- giving, Her maidens--Only women of high rank would serve as to the princess. Pictorial representa- tions on' Egyptian monuments on Egyptian monuments: are extant showing aristocratic Egyptian ladies attended by handmaidens: Her handmaid---Referring to her rsonal attendant. she opened it--The 'prin- Had oompassion on him--Promp- ted to pity ' by her womanly in- stinets," even though she doubtless knew the habe to he one of the He- brews'. 7. Bhall I go pad call thee a purse of the Hebrew women i--An offer made; doubtless, according to the implicit instruction - of Miriam's