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One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor.
He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. The Bible tells us that Moses deliberately killed the Egyptian in anger.
Exodus 2:11–12: One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
Exodus 2:14: He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”
It is also confirmed in the New Testament.
Acts 7:23–25: “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.
In the Quran the killing of the Egyptian is described as an accident with two men fighting and he is asked to help one of his own.
Surah 28:15: Once he entered the city, unnoticed by its people. He found in it two men fighting—one of his own sect, and one from his enemies. The one of his sect solicited his assistance against the one from his enemies; so Moses punched him, and put an end to him. He said, “This is of Satan's doing; he is an enemy that openly misleads.”
The Bible says it was an intentional act but in the Quran the says that it was accidental. That is a contradiction of the Exodus story.