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Exodus 4:23-25
New International Version
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.
Exodus 4:23-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Exodus 4:23-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 I told you: Let My son go so that he may worship Me, but you refused to let him go. Now I will kill your firstborn son!”(A)
24 On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the Lord confronted him and sought to put him to death. 25 So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son’s foreskin, and threw it at Moses’ feet.[a] Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me!”(B)
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- Exodus 4:25 Some interpret “feet” as a euphemism for genitals.
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