Exodus 4:23

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21 And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those ^awonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But ^bI will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

22 Then you shall ^asay to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^b“Israel is My son, ^cMy firstborn.

23 So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed ^aI will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”

24 And it came to pass on the way, at the ^aencampment, that the Lord ^bmet him and sought to ^ckill him.

25 Then ^aZipporah took ^ba sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and¹ cast it at Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!”

26 So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a¹ husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.

27 And the Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness ^ato meet Moses.” So he went and met him ^bon the mountain of God, and kissed him.

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Adam Clarke

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Exodus 4:23

Let my son go, that he may serve me - Which they could not do in Goshen, consistently with the policy and religious worship of the Egyptians; because the most essential part of an Israelite' s worship consisted in sacrifice, and the animals which they offered to God were sacred among the Egyptians. Moses gives Pharaoh this reason Exodus 8:26.

I will slay thy son, even thy first-born - Which, on Pharaoh' s utter refusal to let the people go, was accordingly done; see Exodus 12:29.

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