Exodus 4:25

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

24Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.

26So he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:14And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

Joshua 5:2At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a 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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