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Exodus 4:24

Judgment

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

23 And 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.

And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

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.

26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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

    And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

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  • Numbers 22:22–23

    And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:16

    And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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  • Leviticus 10:3

    Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

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  • Exodus 3:18

    And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

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  • Hosea 13:8

    I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

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  • 1 Kings 13:24

    And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

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  • Genesis 42:27

    And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.

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