Verse 2 Baptized unto Moses, &c., brought into a state of organization and subordination to Moses. The gathering of the great multitude of the children of Israel under the protection of the pillar of cloud, and the conducting of them in safety through the sea, at the outset of their journey might be regarded like baptism, as the initiatory ceremony, by which they were united together into one body under one common head, and became bound by common obligations.