Bible Question:
when did moses send his wife and sons back? |
Bible Answer: The answer is traditionally found in these verses, but you will note the odd construction: "went back to Egypt." Ex 4:20 "So Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand. And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, . . . [Pharaoh] will not let the people go. "Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, Israel is my firstborn son, and I say to you, 'Let my son go that he may serve me.' If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.'" "At a lodging place on the way" Ex 4:24 At a lodging place on the way the LORD met him and sought to put [him] to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched [his] feet with it and said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!" So he let him alone. It was then that she said, "A bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision. "At the mountain of the Lord"- opposite direction. The LORD said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. Ex 4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which he had sent him to speak, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do. "Now in Egypt and apparently without family." Exo 4:29 Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel. Did Moses decide that this was too dangerous for his family to go with him? Also, while many English Text say God was about to kill Moses, the pronouns do not have a noun they are attached to. One is left not knowing if Moses was the target, or his firstborn son? Likewise, we are not 100 percent certain whose feet were touched with the foreskin, the Angel of the LORD or Moses or the Son's. Probably more than you asked, but I have found this passage very interesting for some time. MJH |
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