Exodus 4:24

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 4:24

Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).

BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

BSB text & permissions

KJV

King James Version

¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

KJV text & permissions

WEB

World English Bible

On the way at a lodging place, the LORD met Moses and wanted to kill him.

WEB text & permissions

ASV

American Standard Version

And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.

ASV text & permissions

BLB

Berean Literal Bible

BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.

BLB text & permissions

READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 4

²² Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

²³ and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”

²⁴ Now at a lodging place along 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 it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

²⁶ So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)

Read the full chapter →