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Exodus 2:12

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And he looked this way, and that way,.... All around, to observe if there were any within sight who could see what he did; which did not arise from any consciousness of any evil he was about to commit, but for his own preservation, lest if seen he should be accused to Pharaoh, and suffer for it:and when he saw that there was no man; near at hand, that could see what he did, and be a witness against him:he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand; in a sandy desert place hard by, where having slain him with his sword, he dug a hole, and put him into it; See Gill on "Ac 7:24".

Of the slaughter of the Egyptian, and the following controversy about it, Demetrius , an Heathen writer, treats of in perfect agreement with the sacred Scriptures. Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9.

c. 19. p.

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