Exodus 4:23-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 and I have said to you, “Let my son go to serve me,” but you have refused to let him go. Watch out. I will kill your son, your firstborn.’”
24 At a lodging place along the way, the Lord confronted him and sought to kill him.[a] 25 Then Zipporah took a flint blade, cut off her son’s foreskin, and cast it at his feet. Then she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
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- Exodus 4:24 Interpreters disagree whether it was Moses or one of his sons that God was about to kill. The whole account is cryptic.
Exodus 4:23-25
New International Version
23 and I told you, “Let my son go,(A) so he may worship(B) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”(C)
24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses[a] and was about to kill(D) him. 25 But Zipporah(E) took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin(F) and touched Moses’ feet with it.[b] “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
Footnotes
- Exodus 4:24 Hebrew him
- Exodus 4:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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