
The most important prophet in Judaism, credited with leading the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery and receiving the Torah.
Nhà tiên tri quan trọng nhất trong Do Thái giáo, được ghi nhận là người dẫn dắt dân Israel thoát khỏi ách nô lệ Ai Cập và nhận lãnh Kinh Torah.
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Moses is revered as the most important prophet in Judaism and a foundational figure in Christianity and Islam. According to the biblical Book of Exodus, he was born during a time when the Pharaoh of Egypt had ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be drowned in the Nile River. To save him, his mother placed him in a waterproof basket and hid him among the reeds. He was discovered by the Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him and raised him in the Egyptian royal court, giving him a unique education and position of power.
Despite his royal upbringing, Moses never forgot his Israelite heritage. After killing an Egyptian taskmaster who was beating a Hebrew slave, he fled into the desert of Midian. Years later, he encountered God in the form of a burning bush that was not consumed by the flames. God commanded him to return to Egypt and demand the release of his people. After a devastating series of ten plagues fell upon Egypt, the Pharaoh finally relented. Moses then led the Israelites in a miraculous escape across the parted waters of the Red Sea, a monumental event known as the Exodus.
Following the Exodus, Moses guided the Israelites to Mount Sinai, where he received the Ten Commandments and the Torah (the divine laws) directly from God. These moral and legal codes laid the ethical foundation for Western civilization. He subsequently led his people through forty years of wandering in the harsh wilderness, enduring their rebellions and forging them into a unified nation bound by a sacred covenant. Tragically, Moses died on Mount Nebo at the very edge of Canaan, allowed only to see the Promised Land but never to enter it.