Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he aw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews. After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
The next day, when Moses went out to visit his people again, he saw two Hebrew men fighting. “Why are you beating up on your friend?” Moses said to the one who had started the fight.
The man replied, “Who appointed you king an judge? Are you going to kill me like that Egyptian yesterday?”
Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.: And sure enough, Pharaoh heard about what had happened , and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses flet from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. (vv. 11-15a, NLT)