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Jochebed lowers the sealed papyrus basket among sheltered Nile reeds; young Miriam watches at a distance. — Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Exodus 2:3-4

Among the reeds

Hidden for three months · Exodus 2

Story guide: His mother places him in a basket; his sister watches nearby.

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3But when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a papyrus basket and coated it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

4And his sister stood at a distance, to know what would be done to him.

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