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Exodus 4:25 KJV
Exodus · chapter 4 · verse 25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.Exodus 4:25 · King James Version
Exodus 4:25 in context
23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
27And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZipporahTsippôrâhTsipporah, Moses' wifeH6855 →
- foreskinʻorlâhthe prepuceH6190 →
- bloodydâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- stonetsôra stoneH6864 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
- castnâgaʻproperly, to touchH5060 →
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Moses is here going to Egypt, and we are told, I. How God met him in anger, Exo 4:24-26. This is a very difficult passage of story; much has been written, and excellently written, to make it intelligible; we will try to make it improving. Here is, 1. The sin of Moses, which was neglecting to circumcise his son.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-31