Exodus 4:25

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But Zipporah circumcised her son with a flint knife. She touched his legs with the skin she had cut off and said, “My dear son, this blood will protect you.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:14

Any man who isn't circumcised hasn't kept his promise to me and cannot be one of my people.

2 Samuel 16:7

Shimei was yelling at David, “Get out of here, you murderer! You good-for-nothing,

Exodus 18:2

In the meantime, Moses had sent his wife Zipporah and her two sons to stay with Jethro, and he had welcomed them. Moses was still a foreigner in Midian when his first son was born, and so Moses said, “I'll name him Gershom.” When his second son was born, Moses said, “I'll name him Eliezer, because the God my father worshipped has saved me from the king of Egypt.”

Exodus 2:21

Moses agreed to stay on with Jethro, who later let his daughter Zipporah marry Moses.

Exodus 4:26

So the LORD did not harm Moses. Then Zipporah said, “Yes, my dear, you are safe because of this circumcision.”