By faith (Moses) left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king.How can this be, when Ex. 2:14-15 says Moses left Egypt in fear? DeSilva in his Hebrews commentary notes that Jewish writers of the NT period (Josephus, Artapanus) added more to this story. As they report, Pharaoh was the one afraid of Moses, and plotted to assassinate him, so that Moses left, not out of fear, but out of practical necessity. (Note that Moses' "fear" in Ex. 2 is notconnected toPharaoh's reaction, but with the knowledge that others heard about Moses' killing of an Egyptian.)