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Exodus 4:27

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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.)

Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

28 And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.

29 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,

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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
Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
KJV
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.
WEB
The LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.
ASV
And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him on the mountain of God, and kissed him.
BLB
And YHWH said to Aaron, “Go to meet Moses in the wilderness.” And he went, and he met him on the mountain of God, and he kissed him.
ÅB
Og Herren sa til Aron: Gå Moses i møte i ørkenen! Og han gikk og traff ham ved Guds berg og kysset ham.
OTB
Herren instruerte Aron: «Gå ut i ørkenen for å møte Moses.» Så han dro og møtte ham ved Guds fjell og hilste ham varmt.
B1930
Og Herren sa til Aron: Gå Moses i møte i ørkenen! Og han gikk og traff ham ved Guds berg og kysset ham.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 3:1

    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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  • Acts 10:5–6

    Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

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  • Ecclesiastes 4:9

    Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

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  • Exodus 20:18

    When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

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  • Acts 10:20

    So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

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  • Exodus 19:3

    Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

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  • 1 Kings 19:8

    So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

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  • Genesis 29:11

    Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

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