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God‘s covenant with Moses[’m?uziz]摩西 a religious leader, lawgiver, and prophet According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when war threatened and the large increase in the number of his people concerned the Egyptian Pharaoh?[‘fε?r?u]法老，暴君 who was worried that they might help Egypts enemies. Moses Hebrew mother, Jochebed, hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed, and he ended up being adopted into the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slave-master, Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian where he tended the flocks of Jethro, a priest of Midian on the slopes of Mt. Horeb. ?[h?:reb]何烈山（又作西奈山 ） After the Ten Plagues 瘟疫were unleashed释放 on Egypt, Moses led the Hebrew people out of Egypt, across the Red Sea, where they based themselves at Horeb and compassed包围 the borders of Edom ?以东（雅各之兄，以扫别名）. It was at this time, that according to the Bible, Moses received the Ten Commandments. Gods covenant with Jesus Jesus the Christ is the central figure of Christianity. he was a Jew who was regarded as a teacher and healer医治者. He was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified[kru:si,fai] in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman Prefect行政长官 of Judaea?[d?u:‘di?]犹太（地名）, Pontius Pilate彼拉多（钉死耶稣的古代罗马犹太总督）, on the charge of sedition煽动 against the Roman Empire. Christian believes that Jesus is divine, the Messiah [mi‘sai?]救星whose coming was prophesied in the Old Testament, and that he was resurrected复活 ?[,rez?rekt]after his crucifixion. Christians predominantly believe that Jesus is the “Son of God” and the second person in the Trinity?[‘triniti]三位一体 who came to provide salvation and reconciliation和解 with God by his death for their sins. Revelation?[,rev?‘lei??n]启示（录） Within a set of mostly religious beliefs Revelation refers to the act of revealing or disclosing, or making something obvious and clearly understood through active or passive communication with supernatural entities实体 (divine, ...). It is believed t