Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”
but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian.