Where did Moses go after fleeing from Pharaoh?
Moses fled from Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian, east in the area of the Sinai Peninsula, and sat down by a well. This happened after Pharaoh sought to slay him for killing an Egyptian, as recorded in Exodus 2:15.
Les explains that after Moses killed the Egyptian, he had to flee, because murder was just as much against the law then as now, only the results were worse. Pharaoh heard that Moses, the second man of Egypt, had killed an Egyptian and sought to slay him, carrying out capital punishment. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian, which is to the east, out to the area of the Sinai Peninsula. And he sat down by a well. Les also notes this is where he gives credit to the movie The Ten Commandments.
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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What did Pharaoh do when he heard that Moses killed an Egyptian?
When Pharaoh heard that Moses had killed an Egyptian, he tried to kill Moses—in other words, Pharaoh was carrying out capital punishment.