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Exodus 2:12
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
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Exodus 2:12 in other translations
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
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In context
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Why smitest thou thy fellow?
14 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.
15 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.
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