Exodus 4:24

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 4:24 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
  2. Genesis 42:27At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
  3. Exodus 3:18The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
  4. Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
  5. Numbers 22:22Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
  6. 1 Kings 13:24As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
  7. 1 Chronicles 21:16When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
  8. Hosea 13:8Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.

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