Edodus 4
24 As Moses was on his way to Egypt, he stopped at a resting place for the night. The Lord met him there and tried to kill him.
25 But Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. Taking the skin, she touched Moses’feet with it and said to him, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
26 She said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,”because she had to circumcise her son. So the Lord let Moses alone.
I noticed this for the first time today and it really surprised me.
It’s pretty scary that God would want to kill one of the main characters of the Old Testament before he completed God’s assignment. I guess it shows again, that God doesn’t need any of us. We should constantly thank Him for His mercy and grace. We had better take seriously any covenant between ourselves and God.
References:
Exodus 4:24-26
New Century Version (NCV)
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