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My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》 
Day 
Day 29

Text: Exodus 4: 24-26

MEDITATION

Exodus 4:24-26

24 And it came to pass on the way, at the encampment, that the LORD met him and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!”
26 So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The word “encampment”:

a. In those days, there were “shelters” made for travellers.
b. They were common houses that would provide a place for resting.
c. The traveller has to look after his own meals.

2. Moses became seriously ill.

a. This was attributed as an act of God.
b. Zipporah understood what she needed to do.
i. Her son was not circumcised
(There were two sons. Only one son was mentioned. It is likely that this is a reference to the second son.)
ii. The rite of circumcision was part and parcel of the covenant given to Abraham (Genesis 17).
iii. She was a Midianite and did not fully understand and appreciate the rite of circumcision.
iv. Moses would have been the one to circumcise his second son.
(He must have circumcised the firstborn.)
v. But being seriously ill, he could not perform circumcision for the second son.
vi. Zipporah circumcised her son but she was angry that she had to do it.
vii. She scolded Moses because she was so upset about the circumcision. She could not fully understand this covenantal rite.

3. Moses recovered from his illness after his son was circumcised.

4. Zipporah returned to her father with her two sons.

This was not stated here. Moses sent her back with their two sons.

5. She returned to him after the children of Israel were delivered from Egypt (Exodus 18:1-6).

经文：出埃及记 4：24-26

沉思

《出埃及记 4：24-26》
24摩西在路上住宿的地方，耶和华遇见他，想要杀他。
25西坡拉就拿一块火石，割下他儿子的阳皮，丢在摩西脚前，说：“你真是我的血郎了！”

26这样，耶和华才放了他。西坡拉说：“你因割礼就是血郎了。”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. “住宿的地方”

a. 当时，有为行者们设立的住宿
b. 这些公用的房屋让行者们休息
c. 行者必须准备自己的粮食

2. 摩西病重

a. 这被解释为上帝之举
b. 西坡拉了解她所必须做的
i. 她的儿子还没经过割礼
（她有两个儿子。但这里只提了一位；所以应该指的是次子）
ii. 割礼是亚伯拉罕与上帝契约中的一部分（创世纪 17）
iii. 她是米甸人，也许不完全明白割礼的意义
iv. 摩西本该为次子进行割礼（他必已为长子割礼）
v. 但因为他病重，所以没能为次子进行割礼
vi. 西坡拉割下儿子的阳皮但却不满，
vii. 她对摩西发脾气因为她对割礼毫无理解。

3. 次子受割之后，摩西恢复健康

4. 西坡拉与两个儿子回到叶忒罗家

经文没记载：摩西将她与儿子们送回岳父那里。

5. 她在以色列子民离开埃及后，才回到摩西身旁（出埃及记 18:1-6）