Exodus 4:25-27

Contemporary English Version

²⁵But Zipporah^[a] circumcised her son with a flint knife. She touched his^[b] legs with the skin she had cut off and said, “My dear son, this blood will protect you.”^[c] ²⁶So the Lord did not harm Moses. Then Zipporah said, “Yes, my dear, you are safe because of this circumcision.”^[d]

Aaron Is Sent To Meet Moses

²⁷The Lord sent Aaron to meet Moses in the desert. So Aaron met Moses at Mount Sinai^[e] and greeted him with a kiss.

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Footnotes

4.25 Zipporah: The wife of Moses (see 2.16-21).
4.25 his: Either Moses or the boy.
4.25 My dear son … you: Or “My dear husband, you are a man of blood” (meaning Moses).
4.26 you are … circumcision: Or “you are a man of blood.”
4.27 Mount Sinai: Hebrew “the mountain of God.”