Moses was a master of masquerade! He lived a good portion of his life in disguise. From the time he was three months old he went into hiding. At three months he was placed in a basket among the Nile reeds. The infant princess Elora Danan, in the movie Willow, was placed in a basket made of river sticks which quickly became a boat. The little boat was pushed off from the shore seconds before the Queen's death dogs converged on the child's caretaker. Her basket was an escape to a safe land. Moses' basket, though, was no escape boat. He was not meant to escape from Egypt, at least not yet.

Neither was Moses' basket a permanent hiding place. He was placed in the basket to be found at the right time. So he was disguised for that timing. His sister Miriam watched to see who would discover her l…