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Exodus 4:25

Zipporah
Covenant and promises

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.

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

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.

27 And 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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
ASV
Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me.
DARBY
Then Zipporah took a stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, A bloody husband indeed art thou to me!
BLB
And Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and she touched it to his feet and said, “Surely you [are] a bridegroom of blood to me.”
ÅB
Da tok Sippora en skarp stein og skar bort sin sønns forhud og kastet den for hans føtter og sa: Sannelig, du er meg en blodbrudgom.
OTB
Men Sippora tok en flintkniv, skar av sin sønns forhud, og berørte Moses’ føtter med den, og sa: «Du er en blodbrudgom for meg.»
B1930
Da tok Sippora en skarp sten og skar bort sin sønns forhud og kastet den for hans føtter og sa: Sannelig, du er mig en blodbrudgom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joshua 5:2–3

    At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

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  • 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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  • 2 Samuel 16:7

    And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

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