Exodus 4:25

Zipporah took anon a most sharp stone, and circumcised the rod of her son; and she touched Moses’ feet (with the bloody piece of skin), and said, Thou art an husband of bloods to me. (But at once Zipporah took a most sharp stone, and circumcised her son’s rod; and she touched Moses’ feet with the bloody piece of skin, and said, Thou art a husband in blood to me.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 when Moses was in the way, in an inn, the Lord came to him, and would slay him. (And when Moses was on the way, at an inn, the Lord came to him, intending to kill him.)

26And he let go him, after that she had said, Thou art an husband of bloods to me, for [the] circumcision. (And God let him go or And God let him live, after that she had said, Thou art a husband in blood to me, because of the rite of circumcision.)

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Cross References

Genesis 17:14A (ny) man whose flesh of his rod shall not be circumcised, that man shall be done away from his people; for he made void my covenant (or for he hath broken my covenant).

Joshua 5:2In that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make to thee knives of stone (or Make thou some stone knives), and circumcise thou the sons 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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