(Heb 11, 23-29) By faith Moses kept the Passover
[23] By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. [24] By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter; [25] he chose to be ill-treated along with the people of God rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin. [26] He considered the reproach of the Anointed greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the recompense. [27] By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's fury, for he persevered as if seeing the one who is invisible. [28] By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. [29] By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted it they were drowned.
[23] By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. [24] By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter; [25] he chose to be ill-treated along with the people of God rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin. [26] He considered the reproach of the Anointed greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the recompense. [27] By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's fury, for he persevered as if seeing the one who is invisible. [28] By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. [29] By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted it they were drowned.
(CCC 62) After the patriarchs, God formed Israel as his people by freeing them from slavery in Egypt. He established with them the covenant of Mount Sinai and, through Moses, gave them his law so that they would recognize him and serve him as the one living and true God, the provident Father and just judge, and so that they would look for the promised Saviour (Cf. DV 3.). (CCC 204) God revealed himself progressively and under different names to his people, but the revelation that proved to be the fundamental one for both the Old and the New Covenants was the revelation of the divine name to Moses in the theophany of the burning bush, on the threshold of the Exodus and of the covenant on Sinai. (CCC 205) God calls Moses from the midst of a bush that bums without being consumed: "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob" (Ex 3:6) God is the God of the fathers, the One who had called and guided the patriarchs in their wanderings. He is the faithful and compassionate God who remembers them and his promises; he comes to free their descendants from slavery. He is the God who, from beyond space and time, can do this and wills to do it, the God who will put his almighty power to work for this plan. (CCC 210) After Israel's sin, when the people had turned away from God to worship the golden calf, God hears Moses' prayer of intercession and agrees to walk in the midst of an unfaithful people, thus demonstrating his love (Cf. Ex 32; 33: 12-17). When Moses asks to see his glory, God responds "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you my name "the LORD" [YHWH]" (Ex 33:18-19). Then the LORD passes before Moses and proclaims, "YHWH, YHWH, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness"; Moses then confesses that the LORD is a forgiving God (Ex 34:5-6; cf. 34:9).
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