You don’t want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’
The man replied, “Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Surely what I did has become known.”
But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened.
When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.