Exodus 4:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. ”

Exodus 4:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sharp stone - Not “knife,” as in the margin. Zipporah used a piece of flint, in accordance with the usage of the patriarchs. The Egyptians never used bronze or steel in the preparation of mummies...
Exodus 4:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and (m) cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me. (m) This act was extraordinary: for Moses wa...
Exodus 4:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:24-26 J. Moses Threatened with Death Decause Uncircumcised. This is an old and strange boulder of tradition. The incident here follows Exodus 4:20 a. It appears to relate in strongly...
Exodus 4:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stone , or knife. son . Eliezer. Compare Exodus 4:20 . bloody husband . Hebrew "a husband of bloods". Genitive of relation, i.e. with rites of blood; alluding to circumcision, which she had tri...
Exodus 4:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

25. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone. Because the wife here improperly assumed this office, some of the Rabbins conjecture that this was done in the absence of her husband; but the context c...
Exodus 4:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
Exodus 4:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Exodus 4:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Signs Attesting the Commission of Moses. His Return to Egypt Moses still hesitates, and now objects that the péople will not believe him when he tells them that Jehovah has sent him. He is granted...
Exodus 4:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A sharp stone. — On the use of stone knives by the Egyptian paraschistœ see Herod. ii. 86. They were regarded as more pure than metal knives. From Joshua 5:2 it would seem that stone knives wer...
Exodus 4:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES OBEYS . Exodus 4:18-31 . Moses is now commissioned: he is to go to Egypt, and Aaron is coming thence to meet him. Yet he first returns to Midian, to Jethro, who is both his employer and...
Exodus 4:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Moses and Aaron Announce God's Purpose to Israel Exodus 4:18-31 So often the keenest tests of a man's fitness for his life-work are furnished by his behavior in his home. It may be that Zippora...
Exodus 4:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A further difficulty was now declared. The man who first doubted himself and then doubted because of his ignorance of God now doubted because of the people to whom he was to be sent. God had told him...
Exodus 4:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 18:2-5 ; Joshua 5:2-3 . It is difficult to determine whether Zipporah meant this in anger, or whether it were an instance of faith. If the latter, it carries with it a sweet testimony of the...
Exodus 4:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son ,.... Perceiving that it was the neglect of circumcising her son was the cause of the divine displeasure against her husband; an...
Exodus 4:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me. Ver. 25. Surely a bloody husband. ] A peevish...
Exodus 4:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zipporah took a sharp stone Or a knife made of flint, a species of knives commonly used, as ancient writers assure us, in those days; and cut off the foreskin of her son She perceived, it seems,...
Exodus 4:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

God's message to Moses has been so clear that it cannot be mistaken. He has made no secret of the opposition of Pharaoh, but has declared positively that He would enable Israel to triumph over this a...
Exodus 4:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Circumcision of the Son of Moses. B. C. 1491. 24 And it came to pass by the way in...
Exodus 4:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Perceiving the danger of her husband, and the cause of it, and her husband being disenabled from performing that work, whether by some stroke or sickness, or by the terror of so dismal and unexpected...
Exodus 4:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Three Sons ( Exodus 4:21-26 ). This section could be described as being at the heart of the book of Exodus, for it deals with three attitudes that lie at the heart of God's dealings with the w...
Exodus 4:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 4:25 . A bloody husband.] An unfortunate rendering, bearing an opprobrious tone foreign to the Hebrew which is more exactly (with Benisch, Keil. Young, and others), “A bri...
Exodus 4:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:1 . They will not believe me. Then the Lord directed him to work a miracle, the most convincing evidence of divine authority, for the removal of unbelief. Exodus 4:2 . A rod. Milton h...
Exodus 4:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zipporah took a sharp stone. Neglected duty a hindrance to the performance of religious work I. Moses had neglected the duty of circumcising his son. II. That this neglect of duty introduced...
Exodus 4:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 4:18-2 If Moses had, as we have supposed, been accepted into the Midianitish nation, he would need permission to withdraw himself from the tribal head. This head was now J...
Exodus 4:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moses dismissed by Jethro
Exodus 4:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a sharp stone. or, knife. Joshua 5:2 Joshua 5:3 cast it. Heb made it touch. bloody. 2 Samuel 16:7

Exodus 4:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 4:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 4:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 4:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 4:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 4:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 4:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 4:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 4:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 4:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 4:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 4:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge