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Moses had been raised as a prince in Pharaoh’s court. We don’t know how many there were in total but at least one. There was at least one raised along side of Moses who would become the next Pharaoh. It is possible that he and Moses were friends many years before Moses killed an Egyptian while trying to protect a slave. Rumor has it that the Pharaoh at that time got wind of what had happened and sought to slay Moses and Moses fled. Forty years had passed before Moses returned to Egypt – a different man, a different Pharaoh. Forty years is a long time. The Pharaoh’s heart had hardened. He no longer viewed Moses as growing up in the same palace as he. He saw a poor shepherd and would not take Moses seriously – even with all the plagues. Even with the killing of the first born. The ...