In Exodus 1-2 we read the story of the birth of Moses. He happened to be born at a time when the Pharaoh was worried that the Hebrew slaves were growing too numerous. He ordered that Hebrew boys born during this time be murdered.
Two Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, defied the king’s orders. So did Moses’ mother. So did Moses’ sister, Miriam, who hid him in a basket in the Nile. And so did Pharaoh’s own daughter who found him in the basket and adopted him. These brave women all put themselves in harm’s way to give Moses life.
