Moses is one of the most prevalent and quoted people in the Old Testament, and for a myriad of reasons: in addition to writing part of it, he was protected from birth by God, encountered and then grew in obedience with Him, was used by God to free the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt and to demonstrate God’s supreme power through miracles designed to humble the most powerful nation on the face of the earth at the time. Moses led his people in God’s way, through the parting of the Red Sea and on towards the promised land; learning God’s commandments and laws directly from Him on Mount Sinai. Moses then used God’s instructions to oversee the construction of the ark of the covenant and the tabernacle, the establishment of His priesthood, and he also saw the consequences of not holding God’s commandments as holy firsthand. He led God’s people through the wilderness, whom he saw fall into sin with the golden calf, and then saw them repent and saw the mercy and grace of God as well as His wrath in justice.