Exodus 4:25

New English Translation

But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:14

Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people – he has failed to carry out my requirement.”

2 Samuel 16:7

As he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!

Exodus 18:2

Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,

Exodus 2:21

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.

Exodus 4:26

So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.)