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Doubt about Moses and Zipporah

Exodus 4:

24. Now he was on the way, in an inn, that the Lord met him and sought to put him to death.

25. So Zipporah took a sharp stone and severed her son's foreskin and cast it to his feet, and she said, "For you are a bridegroom of blood to me."

26. So He released him. Then she said, "A bridegroom of blood concerning the circumcision."

Could someone tell me why God wanted to kill Moses?

What is going on?

We are studying the book of Exodus in one of my Bible Study classes and I was given the assignment of finding some answers to my questions.

Maybe God wanted to kill Moses' son and not Moses?

and why is said " "For you are a bridegroom of blood to me.""

Thanks.

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WaterStreet

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hidrau

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WaterStreet, do you know any midrash on this?

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hidrau

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thanks very much

WaterStreet

Thanks.

That narrative also suggests that there was some missing parts of the narrative that were not written down. There are many examples of this in the Hebrew bible. These (not necessarily this one) are used to demonstrate that there was an oral law that passed down in parallel with the written law. This is too large a subject to spend time on here for me. I might be able to give you a couple examples if you want to ask in a separate thread.

hidrau

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I'll do that WaterStreet,

I would really like that

thanks