Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took (A)Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

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After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah,(A) his father-in-law Jethro received her

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21 Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave (A)Zipporah his daughter to Moses.

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21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah(A) to Moses in marriage.

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25 Then (A)Zipporah took (B)a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and [a]cast it at [b]Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!” 26 So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a [c]husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 4:25 Lit. made it touch
  2. Exodus 4:25 Lit. his
  3. Exodus 4:26 bridegroom

25 But Zipporah(A) took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin(B) and touched Moses’ feet with it.[a] “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. 26 So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 4:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.