Exodus
4:24 At a Lodging place on the way, the LORD met Moses* and was about to kill him.
25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it**. "Surely, you are a bridegroom of blood to me," she said.
26 So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.)
* Or Moses' son; Hebrew him.
** Or "and drew near Moses' feet"
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2007-02-10 19:01:50 · 7 answers · asked by 99 ways to smile 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i must say i read this and look for context, then i found an answer on the internet...
The sin of Moses in Exodus 4:24-26 is not stated explicitly, but the surrounding events give substantial clues as to the nature of Moses’ transgression. God had instructed his messenger to warn Pharaoh to free Israel, or risk losing his firstborn son (Exodus 4:21-24). Moses had been specially groomed by God for eighty years for this mission, and now the time for action had come.
Moses was to lead his people out of Egypt, and to be an example to Pharaoh’s house, to the nation of Egypt, and to all the nations that heard of those happenings (Exodus 18:10-11; Joshua 2:10-11). Accordingly, Moses’ personal life had to be in order before he could direct the spiritual lives of the Hebrew people. It seems that Moses had neglected to administer the sacred rite of circumcision, the act that symbolized the Almighty’s covenant with His chosen people.
Perhaps this was the result of pressure from his surrogate Midianite tribe. It is also possible that he was persuaded by Zipporah not to circumcise his son, since she apparently found the practice revolting (4:25). This would explain her violent outburst; she felt that she had saved her husband from death by shedding the blood of her son. Whatever the cause, Moses’ outstanding sin made him unfit to serve as a spiritual leader, and the situation had to be rectified before he could carry out his mission effectively. Indeed, as soon as Zipporah performed the act, the Lord “let him go.” In summary, God was going to kill Moses because Moses was supposed to teach the Israelites God's Law - yet Moses was not obeying God's Law himself.
this answer should be percise... but again credit doesn't go to me.. but
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2007-02-10 19:11:07 · answer #1 · answered by todd w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it replace into his son who replace into uncircumcised. He had 2 sons and purely one is mentioned right here. The commandment is that the new child is to be circumcised on the 8th day. the story is that Moses and his kinfolk left for Egypt presently after the start of his 2d son. Moses believed it would not be risk-free to holiday with the new child untill he had healed so he desperate to attend untill he reached Egypt to circumcise the new child.
2016-11-03 03:21:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he's a monster who would kill an innocent child to punish an adult. How could anyone worship a being like that? Particularly those who are anti-abortion. Is it the fact that god will do the killing that makes it okay?
2007-02-10 19:18:01 · answer #3 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
he does this to test the devotion of moses. to make sure his alligence lies with him and not with the thing that should eb the most important in his life: his son.
2007-02-10 19:06:17 · answer #4 · answered by Ruca 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
circumcision is cruel - which makes judaism cruel.
Doesnt make God cruel since it was not gods rule.
Its only the jews rule - its what makes them "special" or so they claim.
2007-02-10 23:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the god of the Bible is an evil, sadistic being.
2007-02-10 19:05:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dont worry,its only another fiction book,a fairytale.
2007-02-10 19:08:56 · answer #7 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋