Q&A#64 How Should We Understand the Weird Circumstances Around the Circumcision of Gershom?
Alastair RobertsQ&A#64 How Should We Understand the Weird Circumstances Around the Circumcision of Gershom?
October 2, 2018
Alastair Roberts
Today's question: "What is happening in Exodus 4 where the Lord seeks Moses' life, but Zipporah circumcises Gershom and touches Moses' feet with the foreskin to make him a "bridegroom of blood"?"
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