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Exodus 4:26 KJV
Exodus · chapter 4 · verse 26
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.Exodus 4:26 · King James Version
Exodus 4:26 in context
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.
28And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- husbandchâthâna relative by marriageH2860 →
- bloodydâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- gorâphâhto slackenH7503 →
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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