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Exodus 4:23

“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!’””

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²¹The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

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

²³And 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!’”

²⁴Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

²⁵But 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.

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