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NASB | Exodus 4:25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet, and she said, "You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 4:25 Then Zipporah took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her son and threw it at Moses' feet, and said, "Indeed you are a husband of blood to me!" |
Bible Question:
This is what the LORD says Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I told you, "Let my son go, so he may worship me." But you refused to let him go so I will kill your firstborn son. 24 At a lodging place on the way, the LORD met Moses 2 and was about to kill him. 25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses feet with it. [3] "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me," she said. 26 So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.) I was wondering could anybody explain this to me. I just seems out of context to what I have been reading. |
Bible Answer: Greetings michellehmullis! This is a tricky passage! Here is what the Bible Knowledge Commentary says about this passage: *********************** The circumcision of Moses’ son (either Gershom or Eliezer) seems strange. In his years in Midian Moses had neglected to obey God’s command (cf. Gen. 17:10) to circumcise one (or both?) of his sons. So God was about to kill Moses, perhaps by causing him to be gravely ill. Zipporah reluctantly circumcised her son with flint and then God healed His prophet. Her touching Moses’ feet with the son’s foreskin was possibly a symbolic act of substitution, in which obedience was seen as replacing disobedience. Zipporah called Moses a bridegroom of blood. The meaning of this phrase is unknown, but some say it was used in a derogatory way to suggest that she did not favor the rite. (Yet she did it to save her husband’s life.) Others propose that she saw in the act a sort of redemption by which the blood of the youngster restored Moses to the Lord and also to her as a new bridegroom. At this time Zipporah and the sons may have returned to Jethro (18:2-3). Moses’ sudden illness was a warning that he must obey God wholly and fulfill his mission. Also this incident follows up the emphasis in 4:22-23 on sons (Pharaoh’s son, and Israel as God’s son). ********************** I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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