Exodus 4:25

New International Reader's Version

But Zipporah got a knife made out of flint. She circumcised her son with it. Then she touched Moses’ feet with the skin she had cut off. “Surely, you are a husband who has forced me to spill my son’s blood,” she said.

Cross References

Genesis 17:14

Any male who has not been circumcised will be separated from his people. He has broken my covenant.”

2 Samuel 16:7

As Shimei cursed, he said, “Get out! Get out, you murderer! You are a worthless and evil man!

Exodus 18:2

Moses had sent his wife Zipporah to his father-in-law. So Jethro welcomed her

Exodus 2:21

Moses agreed to stay with the man. And the man gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses to be his wife.

Exodus 4:26

So the Lord didn’t kill Moses. When she said “husband who has forced me to spill my son’s blood,” she was talking about circumcision.