![]() Then she said: “Surely, a bridegroom of blood thou art to me.” then linking Moses with the act by touching his feet (‘feet’ is probably a euphemism for genitals) with the blood from the circumcision wound.cutting the foreskin with a razor-sharp flint blade (see at right),.She took it upon herself to do what Moses should have done. Zipporah, sensing that God was angry that their son wasn’t circumcised (see What was circumcision?) and that this omission had caused Moses’ illness, stepped in. Possibly Moses suffered an illness or seizure. Somewhere along the road, they stopped for the night and the Bible says that ‘God tried to kill Moses’. The command to circumcise in Genesis 17:14 was seriously intended, and now God rose up to enforce this requirement. Moses knew he was special to God, but he had neglected to circumcise his son. God is angry with Mosesĭuring this journey something strange happened. Moses was prodded into action at last, and set out for Egypt. God commanded Moses to confront Pharaoh and demand freedom for the Hebrew slaves. We don’t know how long Moses and Zipporah lived with Jethro’s tribe, but at some time God spoke to Moses, appearing to him in the form of a burning bush. At a rather medieval-looking well, Saraceni
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