Why did God seek to kill Moses in Exodus 4?
Well, let’s read the passage. This is after God had appeared to Moses and called him to deliver the people of Israel from Egypt. Moses had spent forty years shepherding the flocks of his father-in-law in the land of Midian. Now he is returning to Egypt to deliver Israel from bondage to Pharaoh. And so we read: 24 At a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to put him to death. Now this comes out of the blue. What in the world is going on here? Why did God seek to kill him? Well, as we continue reading we get some clues. 25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it [some translations say, threw it at Moses’ feet] and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!” 26 So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision. Remember, this occurred when Moses was on his way from Midian to Egypt to fulfill God’s commission to deliver Israel. He was called to be the leader of Israe
