"... Cast into the Nile, Moses ended up being saved by Pharaoh's daughter, who raised him as her own. The Bible says nothing, however, of the education that Moses received in Pharaoh's court ... To make matters worse, when God later tells Moses to go to Pharaoh in order to argue his people's cause, Moses replies, "Oh my Lord, I am not a man of words ... but I am heavy of speech and heavy of tongue" (Exodus 4:10). Eloquence, in the ancient world, was thought to be largely the result of schooling - and it was one of the most important things a person could possess ... the idea that Moses had not received a thorough education was certainly contradicted by the eloquent words he spoke throughout the Bible - and in particular by the book of Deuteronomy, which is, almost from beginning to end, one long, highly eloquent speech uttered by Moses just before his death. For all such reasons, then, ancient interpreters were quick to supply what the book of Exodus had omitted, some account of Moses' schooling ..."