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Exodus 4:24

Judgment

22 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

23 and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”

Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

26 So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)

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BSB
Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
KJV
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
WEB
On the way at a lodging place, the LORD met Moses and wanted to kill him.
ASV
And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.
DARBY
And it came to pass on the way, in the inn, that Jehovah came upon him, and sought to slay him.
BLB
And it came to pass on the way, at the lodging place, that YHWH met him and sought to put him to death.
ÅB
Underveis, på et hvilested, hendte det at Herren kom imot ham og søkte å ta hans liv.
OTB
På et herberge under reisen møtte Herren Moses og søkte å drepe ham.
B1930
Underveis, på et hvilested, hendte det at Herren kom imot ham og søkte å ta hans liv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 17:14

    But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

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  • Numbers 22:22–23

    Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:16

    When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

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  • Leviticus 10:3

    Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

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  • Exodus 3:18

    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

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  • Hosea 13:8

    Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.

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  • 1 Kings 13:24

    As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

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  • Genesis 42:27

    At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.

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