Exodus 4:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ On the way, at a place where they spent the night, the Lord met him and tried to kill him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Along the way at a [resting-] place, the Lord met [Moses] and sought to kill him [made him acutely and almost fatally ill].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.

Common English Bible

²⁴ During their journey, as they camped overnight, the LORD met Moses and tried to kill him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And while he was on the journey, at an inn, the Lord met him, and he was willing to kill him.

Exodus 4:24 Cross References

Genesis 17:14

Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

Hosea 13:8

I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs and will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild animal would mangle them.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said, ‘Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron was silent.

Exodus 3:18

They will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; let us now go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

1 Chronicles 21:16

David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

1 Kings 13:24

Then as he went away, a lion met him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.

Genesis 42:27

When one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money at the top of the sack.