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1 | Moses too sick to circumcise? | Ex 4:24 | prayon | 10545 | ||
What is the likelihood that Moses could not do the circumcision because he was too sick? Is it possible that God caused a great sickness on him to put him to death? | ||||||
2 | Moses too sick to circumcise? | Ex 4:24 | Makarios | 10562 | ||
Exodus 4:24 is an interesting passage.. The New Scofield Bible states, "'Kill' Compare Gen 17:14. The context (v. 25) interprets v. 24. Moses was forgetful of the foundation sign of Israel’s covenant relation to God. On the eve of delivering Israel he was reminded that without circumcision an Israelite was cut off from the covenant. See Josh 5:2-9." The Ryrie Expanded Edition NASB states, "4:24-26 Moses had apparently put off circumcising his son, in violation of God’s express command (see Gen. 17:10) and perhaps at the insistence of Zipporah. He had to learn that disobeying God and incurring His wrath were more serious than anything that could befall him from the wrath of Pharaoh. The Lord sought to put him to death, and Zipporah performed the circumcision to save Moses’ life. Then the Lord let him alone (i.e., God healed him). It was probably at this time that Moses sent his family back to Jethro (cf. 18:2-3)." The MacArthur Study Bible states, "The presence of Zipporah's name indicates that the personal pronouns refer to Moses. She, judging by her action of suddenly and swiftly circumcising her son, understood that the danger to her husband's life was intimately connected to the family's not bearing the sign of the covenant given to Abraham for all his descendants (Gen. 17:10-14). Her evaluation, "You are a husband of blood to me," suggests her own revulsion with this rite of circumcision, which Moses should have performed. The result, however, was God's foregoing the threat and letting Moses go (v. 26a). The reaction of God at this point dramatically underscored the seriousness of the sign He had prescribed. See note on Jer. 4:4." The Zondervan NASB Study Bible states, "Circumcision may have been repulsive to Zipporah- though it was practiced for various reasons among many peoples of the ancient Near East." In all of Scripture, I find no mention of a 'sickness' of Moses that prevented him from accomplishing this task of circumcision on his son. Why was he so reluctant to do this? Why did he put it off for so long and Zipporah, a non Israelite, had to do it? I simply do not nor cannot understand why he was so reluctant. However, God 'sought to put him to death' because of his reluctance, and his wife did the 'dirty work' since she sensed that her husband's life was in danger. Would God have killed Moses? I believe so, since it would voilate the covenant (Gen. 17:9-14). Nolan |
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3 | Moses too sick to circumcise? | Ex 4:24 | Makarios | 10568 | ||
Dear prayon, The Nelson NKJV Study Bible also has some good insight here.. "The encampment might have been a primitive inn on Moses’ route back to Egypt. the Lord met him and sought to kill him: The precise meaning of this passage is unclear. Clearly someone in Moses’ family was not circumcised, despite what God had commanded. Most likely, Moses had kept one of his sons uncircumcised in order to please his Midianite family. (The Midianites practiced circumcision on a groom right before his marriage instead of circumcising male infants.) Moses’ neglect was a crime deserving of death, especially for the future leader of God’s people. For this reason God met or “seized” Moses (for another use of this same Hebrew verb, see v. 27)." Nolan |
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