When Moses heard this, he fled from Egypt and went to live in the land of Midian. There he had two sons.

who bore him a son. Moses said to himself, "I am a foreigner in this land, and so I name him Gershom."

Hear my prayer, LORD, and listen to my cry; come to my aid when I weep. Like all my ancestors I am only your guest for a little while.

It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth.

I appeal to you, my friends, as strangers and refugees in this world! Do not give in to bodily passions, which are always at war against the soul.