Exodus 4:25

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.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

24And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

26So He let him alone. Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.'

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Cross References

Genesis 17:14And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.'

Joshua 5:2At that time the LORD said unto Joshua: 'Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.'

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:25-31

The Circumcision of the Son of Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 24 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. 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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