| Moses begins ministry with eastward journey to avoid a king's (Pharaoh's) wrath | Elijah begins ministry with eastward journey to avoid a king's (Ahab's) wrath |
| Moses stays with a family (Jethro) | Elijah stays with a family (widow of Zarephath) |
| Moses associated with a miracle of food in a time of need (manna; which is made into cakes and baked with oil) | Elijah associated with a miracle of food in a time of need (widow's meal; which is made into cakes and baked with oil) |
| Moses returns to face Pharaoh and calls Israel to faith | Elijah returns to face Ahab and calls Israel to faith |
| Moses takes a journey to Sinai and experiences a theophany | Elijah takes a journey to Sinai and experiences a theophany |
| Moses builds an altar to unify the people at Mt. Sinai | Elijah builds an altar to unify the people at Mt. Carmel (1 Kings 18) |
| Moses begs Yhwh's forgiveness with the unusual formula "Abraham, Isaac and Israel" (Exodus 32.12-13) - the people turn to faith and execute the faithless | Elijah begs Yhwh's forgiveness with the unusual formula "Abraham, Isaac and Israel" (1Kings 18.36-37) - the people turn to faith and execute the faithless |
| Moses leads the Israelites to Israel via the Transjordan | Elijah returns to Israel via the Transjordan (Syrian desert) |
| Moses and Israelites fed with manna | Elijah fed bread from ravens |
| No one knows where Moses is buried | Elijah is assumed |
