But Moses refuses to accept the offer, and instead he defends the Israelites, and he averts their destruction.

但是摩西拒绝上帝提供的机会,为犹太人进行辩护，努力的避免被毁灭。

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There are several times when God threatens to exterminate them, but Moses manages to dissuade him.

很多次，上帝恐吓要根绝他们，但是摩西都设法劝阻了。

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But Moses rallies them, and then in the moment of crisis, God intervenes on Israel's behalf.

但是摩西召集了大家，在危机的时刻，上帝代表犹太人进行干预。

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When Pharaoh learned of the matter, he sought to kill Moses; but Moses fled from Pharaoh.

法老听见这事，就想杀摩西;,但摩西躲避法老。

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Some laws in Exodus,the Book of the Covenant,a few things--yes, it says Moses wrote those down, but not the whole five books that tradition later will ascribe to him.

出埃及记》中的一些戒律和约书中所提及的部分，说过其中部分是摩西所写，但不是全部,后来传统上才将五经都归名于摩西。

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Well you can read the story, it's in Numbers 20, the incident is described there. But the answer is still not entirely clear, it's not clear what Moses did that was so bad as to deserve this punishment.

你们可以阅读这个故事，在民数记20，讲述了这个事件,然而答案却仍然不是完全清楚的，摩西究竟做了什么,坏事才遭受这样的惩罚，还不完全清楚。

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But we'll consider the character and the role of Moses in much greater detail when we reach the book of Deuteronomy next Monday.

我们将会对摩西这个角色进行深入的探讨,当我们下星期一讲《申命记》的时候。

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There is nothing at all! Nothing but this manna to look at!' Moses heard the people weeping, every clan apart, each person at the entrance of his tent.

这里什么都没有，除了这吗哪以外’,我们眼前什么都没有，摩西听到人们，在自家帐篷前哭号。

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But in this next passage, which is Numbers 11, Moses is the one who is impatient with the Israelites' constant complaints and lack of faith, and he's ready to throw in the towel.

但在下一篇《民数记》11中，摩西成为了那个对犹太人不停的抱怨，缺乏信仰,没有耐心的人，他准备认输。

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But it could well be that This is simply God's way of not answering Moses' question.

但是极有可能,这只是上帝回答摩西问题的方式。

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Moses enumerates additional misfortunes and sufferings that will befall Israel if she sins. But he emphasizes the choice is Israel's: God has been clear regarding what's required, and it's not beyond Israel's reach to attain life and prosperity. She needs to only choose.

摩西列举了如果以色列人犯罪，他们所面临的,不幸和惩罚但是他强调了以色列人所拥有的选择：,上帝已经申明他的要求，以色列人,想要的生命和繁荣并不是不可达到的她只需要选择。

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Nothing is said of Moses' childhood, But we learn of his awareness of his Israelite identity, or his identification with the Hebrews, in the following passage: this is in Exodus 2:11-15: Some time after that, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his kinsfolk and witnessed their labors.

丝毫没有提到摩西的童年，但是我们却知道他意识到自己以色列人的身份，或者是他与希伯来人的身份关联，在接下来的《出埃及记》第2章11到15节中：,在那之后，摩西长大了，他出去看到了他的同族和他们的劳作。

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