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This man compares his teaching to water on fresh grass in a "song" delivered shortly before his death. The angel Gabriel gave this man a stutter by prompting (-5[1])him to put a coal in his mouth as an infant. (-5[1])This man nearly starved in Midian before being saved by Zipporah. (10[2])God is angered (10[1])after this man chooses to hit a rock twice to conjure water, (10[3])condemning him (10[1])to never enter the Promised Land. God spoke to this man from a burning bush (10[1])and, on Mount Sinai, revealed the Ten Commandments to him. For 10 points, name this Jewish prophet who, in Exodus, led the Israelites out of Egypt and parted the Red (10[1])Sea. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Moses [or Musa; or Moshe]
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