Hebrews 11:23-28
Context11:23 By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him 1 for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. 11:24 By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 11:25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure. 11:26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ 2 to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on 3 the reward. 11:27 By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible. 11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, 4 so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.
1 tn Grk “Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents.”
2 tn Grk “the abuse [or ‘reproach’] of Christ.”
3 tn Grk “he was looking away to.”
4 tn Grk “the pouring out of the blood.”
sn The sprinkling of the blood refers here to the application of the blood to the doorways of the Israelite houses (cf. Exod 12:7, 13).