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NASB | Exodus 4:24 ¶ Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 4:24 ¶ Now it happened at the lodging place, that the LORD met Moses and sought to kill him [making him deathly ill because he had not circumcised one of his sons]. [Gen 17:9-14] |
Subject: Moses too sick to circumcise? |
Bible Note: 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 |