World English Bible

Exodus 4:24

“It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.”

Verse in context — Exodus 4

You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.

It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted 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 you are a bridegroom of blood to me.

So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.

God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.