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!”(A) 26 So He let him alone. At that time she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 4:25 Some interpret “feet” as a euphemism for genitals.
  2. Exodus 4:26 Zipporah appeased God on Moses’ behalf by circumcising Gershom.

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