Jethro gave him Zipporah,his daughter,to be this wife,and Moses met God for the first time,who showed himself in the form of a burning bush. Moses then bravely returned to Egypt and,with God's help,forced the Pharaoh to let his people go. Moses was about 80 years old when this Exodus began. They wandered the desert wilds for 40 more years,received God's law through Moses,built an ark into which the law was placed,and finally reached a land flowing with milk and honey,which God promised them. Moses,however,had acted arrogantly when he struck the stone from which water sprang for the lsraelites,and so God refused to allow him entrance into Canaan. Moses died at 120 years and God buried him in the Moab valley opposite Mount Nebo. There is a memorial to him there today.