Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

The events in view here are recorded in Exodus in the first two chapters, where it is told that another king having arisen, "who knew not Joseph," and the Egyptians deciding for policy's sake to reduce the number of their slaves, the king decreed that all male children should be destroyed. Amram and Jochebed, the parents of Moses, disobeyed the king's order, prompted by the unusually beautiful appearance of their son Moses, and the further fact that they did not fear the Pharaoh. The king's decree had only one practical effect; it bounced Moses out of the Nile river, where his parents had at last placed him, into the lap of the princess who adopted him as her own son. This provided Moses all of the education, training and experience which would be so necessary in his great mission of deliverance for the Hebrews. The author of Hebrews enrolled the parents of Moses among the immortals of faith. David in the Psalms, said, "When my father and mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up"; and such a word might well have been written with the story of Moses in mind. Certainly, this is what happened to Moses.