He saw an Egyptian mistreating an Israelite. So Moses came to the man’s defense and avenged him, killing the Egyptian.
Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews.
After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand.
“One day when Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the people of Israel.
Moses assumed his fellow Israelites would realize that God had sent him to rescue them, but they didn’t.
‘Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?’