Exodus 4:24-26 ESV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 4:26

So he let him go - i. e. God withdrew His visitation from Moses.Moses sent Zipporah and her children back to Jethro before he went to Egypt, Exodus 18:2. The journey would have been delayed had he waited for the healing of the child. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 4:24

Exodus 4:24. By the way in the inn Here our translation uses the modern word inn: but the original signifies only the place where they rested that night, which was probably in some cave, or under some shade of trees. The Lord met him The Septuagint says, The angel of the Lord, with which agree the Chaldee and some other ancient versions: and sought to kill him He appeared in a threatening posture, probably with a sword drawn in his hand, or inflicted upon him some disease which... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 4:25

Exodus 4:25. Zipporah took a sharp stone Or a knife made of flint, a species of knives commonly used, as ancient writers assure us, in those days; and cut off the foreskin of her son She perceived, it seems, the danger of her husband, and the cause of it, and he being disabled from performing the office, whether by some stroke of affliction, or the terror of so dreadful and unexpected an appearance, and a delay in a matter of such moment being dangerous, she immediately performed the work... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:18-31

Moses returns to Egypt (4:18-31)After meeting God, Moses returned to Jethro and then set out with his wife and sons for Egypt. God warned Moses of the stubbornness he could expect to meet in Pharaoh and of the disaster this would bring upon the Egyptian people (18-23). However, Moses could hardly instruct Israel to obey God when he himself had neglected the first requirement of the covenant, the circumcision of his son (cf. Genesis 17:10,Genesis 17:14). God sent Moses a near-fatal illness or... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 4:24

by the way in the inn . A further lesson, not learnt in Egypt or at Horeb. A secret in Moses' life, known only to himself. Moses had neglected to circumcise Eliezer. To save the child's life, Zipporah now performs the rite herself. him = the son (Exodus 4:23 ). Compare Genesis 17:14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 4:25

stone , or knife. son = Eliezer. Compare Exodus 4:20 . bloody husband . Hebrew "a husband of bloods" = Genitive of relation, i.e. with rites of blood; alluding to circumcision, which she had tried to evade and avoid. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 4:26

He : i.e., Jehovah. him = Moses' son Eliezer. Compare Exodus 4:24 .Genesis 17:14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 4:24-26

"And it came to pass on the way at the lodging place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me. So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision."This means that Moses became dangerously and that both he and Zipporah believed that it was God-sent as punishment for their not circumcising Eliezer.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 4:24

Exodus 4:24. And it came to pass, &c.— The best account which can be given of the extraordinary event here related, is, that Moses having deferred the circumcision of one of his sons, perhaps out of compliance with his wife; God was highly offended with him for such neglect; not only, because Moses knew that no child could be admitted a member of the Jewish community, nor be entitled to the blessings of God's covenant with that people, without circumcision; but also because his example was... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 4:24

24. inn—Hebrew, "a halting place for the night." the Lord met him, and sought to kill him—that is, he was either overwhelmed with mental distress or overtaken by a sudden and dangerous malady. The narrative is obscure, but the meaning seems to be, that, led during his illness to a strict self-examination, he was deeply pained and grieved at the thought of having, to please his wife, postponed or neglected the circumcision of one of his sons, probably the younger. To dishonor that sign and seal... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 4:26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 4:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 4:25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:18-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 4:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 4:25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 4:26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 4:24-26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 4:24

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 4:24

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