25 Then (A)Zipporah took a (B)flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses'[a] feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!” 26 So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.

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  1. Exodus 4:25 Hebrew his

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