^30 (A)but the Pharisees and ^(B)the lawyers ^(C)rejected ^(D)the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

²⁴ At a lodging place on the way ^(A)the Lord met him and ^(B)sought to put him to death. ²⁵ Then ^(C)Zipporah took a ^(D)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.