Why did Moses kill an Egyptian?

because the Egyptian used God’s name irreverently

because the Egyptian ordered all male Hebrew babies to be killed

because the Egyptian hid a baby in a basket in the Nile River

because the Egyptian was beating a Hebrew man

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Moses killed an Egyptian because the Egyptian was beating a Hebrew man. This incident is described in the Book of Exodus in the Bible. Moses, witnessing the mistreatment of a Hebrew slave by an Egyptian, intervened and killed the Egyptian, hiding his body in the sand.