Exodus 4:23-25

International Standard Version

²³ And I say to you, ‘Let my son go so he may serve me. If you refuse to let him go, then I will kill your firstborn son.’”’”

Zipporah Circumcises Moses’ Son

²⁴ But later on, at the lodging place along the way, the Lord met Moses^[a] and was about to kill him. ²⁵ Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched Moses’^[b] feet with it, saying while doing so,^[c] “…because you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”