22. "Then say to Pharaoh, 'The Lord says, "Israel is like an oldest son to me.
23. I told you, 'Let my son go. Then he will be able to worship me.' But you refused to let him go. So I will kill your oldest son." ' "
24. On the way to Egypt, Moses stopped for the night. There the Lord met him and was about to kill him.
25. But Zipporah got a knife that was made out of hard stone. She circumcised her son with it. Then she touched Moses' feet with the skin she had cut off. "You are a husband who has forced me to spill my son's blood," she said.
26. So the Lord didn't kill Moses. When she said "husband who has forced me to spill my son's blood," she was talking about circumcision.