25 He thought that his own people would understand that God was going to use him to set them free, but they did not understand.)
26 The next day he saw two Israelites fighting, and he tried to make peace between them. ‘Listen, men,’ he said, ‘you are fellow Israelites; why are you fighting like this?’
27 But the one who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside. ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?’ he asked.
28 ‘Do you want to kill me, just as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?’
29 When Moses heard this, he fled from Egypt and went to live in the land of Midian. There he had two sons.
30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31 Moses was amazed by what he saw, and went near the bush to get a better look. But he heard the Lord's voice: