ContradictionsReading order 369Bible context 2 min read
Did Moses fear the king?
Exodus presents fear and flight, while Hebrews presents departure from Egypt as an act without fear of the king.
- Textual conflict
- Weak tension
- The alleged conflict needs substantial assumptions, such as treating an omission as a denial or figurative language as literal.
- Importance
- Supporting
- A supporting event, teaching, or biographical claim.
Moses' fearful flight clashes with Hebrews' fearless departure only if the two unspecified departure references describe the same occasion.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Moses fears discovery and flees Pharaoh's attempt to kill him
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Exodus 2:14-15
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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Moses leaves Egypt without fearing the king's wrath
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:27
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)