Exodus 2: 5-6: “And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
The Egyptians were very concerned about being clean and they washed every day if they could. This was also part of their daily religious rituals. It is interesting that the Lord used someone who was worshipping another god to His will. The most important woman in the Egyptian history of that period was Hatshepsut. She began as Pharaoh’s daughter but was the only woman to be Pharaoh of Egypt. In order to preserve Moses, the Lord used the most powerful woman of that period in history. She saw the baby and felt pity even though he belonged to the Hebrews and her father had commanded that all the Hebrew boys had to die. The Lord said, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Is 55: 8, 9) Who but the Lord would have thought of such a wonderful and miraculous way to save the man who would, one day, lead Egypt out of slavery in Egypt.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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