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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Zipporah at the inn
		The tale of Zipporah at the inn, is one of the more unusual, curious, and much-debated, passages of the Torah.
		Zipporah realised this, and consequently circumcised her son, saving the life of the one whom Yahweh sought to kill (whether Moses or his son).
		Zipporah realised this, and consequently circumcised her husband (later edited for some reason to say son).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Zipporah_at_the_inn (645 words)

	Zipporah
		Zipporah means "bird." She was a daughter of Reuel (Jethro), the priest of Midian.
		Zipporah was one of several women who helped save Moses’ life.
		I do not believe Zipporah had any positive spiritual impact on history, but she was a part of Moses’ life.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/womens_devotional/41161/2 (393 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Zipporah intercedes, presumably to spare the life of her husband given the bridegroom reference.
		Regardless of what Zipporah touched to Moses' legs, it was bloody and may have been used in a similar manner (Zipporah was undoubtably familiar with covenant sacrifice as Jethro, her father, was a priest and sacrificed, cf.
		Thus, Zipporah may be confessing her willingness to follow the G-d of Israel by circumcising her son and making an oath to her husband.
	www.cybcon.com /~kurtn/exod4.txt (502 words)

	Zipporah at AllExperts
		Zipporah or Tzipora (צִפּוֹרָה "Bird", Standard Hebrew Ẓippora, Tiberian Hebrew ṢippÃ´rāh), mentioned in the Book of Exodus, is Moses' wife, and the daughter of Jethro, a priest of Midian.
		Consequently he meets Zipporah (meaning female or little bird), and marries her, and they have two sons, Gershom, and Eliezer.
		Since Zipporah is a Midianite, some early sources, such as Josephus in his Jewish Antiquities 2.10-11, and the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, as well as modern biblical criticism, have stated that they were different individuals, particularly since bigamy was legal, and practiced elsewhere by Jacob, a major patriarch.
	en.allexperts.com /e/z/zi/zipporah.htm (353 words)

	Shadows of the Church - by Michael Hardt
		Zipporah was one of the seven daughters of a Midianite priest called Reuel (Ex.
		And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back…And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mountain of God.
		The fact that Zipporah was hidden in her father’s house and not with Moses during the time when he administered the judgements on Egypt and liberated the people of Israel, is significant.
	www.biblecentre.org /topics/mh_shadows_zipporah.htm (1318 words)

	Exodus 4:24-26 Bible Study & Devotion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Some scholars believe that verse 23 should be connected to this passage instead of the previous one, and that the Lord attempted to kill one of Moses' sons for not having been circumcised according to the Abrahamic covenant.
		This version has Zipporah throwing the foreskin at the feet of the angel of the Lord and proclaiming the son to be a "bloody bridegroom" of Yahweh by way of the covenant.
		She cast the foreskin at Moses' feet and said, "Surely you are a bloody bridegroom to me." This could have referred to the fact that Moses was as good as dead, but now she had redeemed him by the blood of the covenant to be her husband again.
	www.inhymn.com /devotions/Exodus/exodus4_005.htm (1102 words)

	Zipporah - ExampleProblems.com
		According to Jewish tradition, she is buried in the Tomb of the Matriarchs, in Tiberias.
		Consequently he meets Zipporah, and marries her, and they have two sons, Gershom, and Eliezer.
		A third reference to a wife of Moses occurs in the tale of snow-white Miriam, at Numbers 12:1, where she is described as a Cushite (usually understood to mean Ethiopian), but is not named.
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php/Zipporah (243 words)

	Gershom at AllExperts
		In the Bible, Gershom (×'ÖµÖ¼×¨Ö°×©Ö¹×× "Expulsion", Standard Hebrew GerÉÅ¡om, Tiberian Hebrew GÄ"rÉÅ¡Åm) was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah (Exodus 2:22).
		The passage in Exodus concerning Moses and Zipporah reaching an inn, contains the four most difficult sentences in Biblical text.
		One possible interpretation is that something (perhaps God, perhaps an agent of God) tries to kill Gershom, until Zipporah carries out a circumcision.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/ge/gershom.htm (249 words)

	Ever Increasing Faith Ministry Online - Question about Exodus 4:24-26
		25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
		It may be possible that Zipporah objected to the rite of circumcision.
		Zipporah took it literally into her own hands and did what Moses should have done.
	www.crenshawchristiancenter.net /ecomm/forum/printthread.php?t=211 (432 words)

	Before the Exodus: the lay of the land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		We will learn that somewhere in the middle of the Sinai peninsula there was an inn, probably along a trade route, where travelers could eat and stay overnight.
		Moses marrying Zipporah and living with the Midianites is an example.
		Zipporah, we will learn, was quite aware of what God expected of His chosen people.
	members.aol.com /geobrkt/faith/bible1/exodus00.htm (642 words)

	Hearts For Christ Ministries
		Because Zipporah was a Midianite she did not share the same spiritual values as Moses.
		And it came to pass by the way (to Egypt) in the inn, that the Lord met him (Moses), and sought to kill him.
		Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
	www.heartsforchrist.org /womenofword/zipporah2.htm (256 words)

	Exodus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fleeing the country, Moses' exile takes him to Midian, becoming shepherd to the priest Jethro, and marrying his daughter, Zipporah.
		As he feeds the sheep on Mount Horeb, God appears to him from a burning bush, which fails to turn to ash.
		On his return to Egypt, God tries to kill Moses, but Zipporah, at the inn, decides to circumcise Moses, saving his life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Exodus (2118 words)

	The Ziphorah Complex - Reminder Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		We are not told what discussion may have gone into the reality, but when Zipporah shows objections because it is "bloody." We know she was not in harmony.
		The record gives us no words to know just what was said, but when Zipporah found the courage to circumcise her second son, she went to Moses and said, "So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision" (Exodus 4:26).
		Zipporah's language lets us know that she felt circumcision was unreasonable in some way.
	www.anabaptist.com /ReminderTemplate.cfm?ReminderID=38 (4739 words)

	The Covenant of Circumcision
		This leads to a quite unexpected event as eighty-year-old Moses, Zipporah, Gershom, and Eliezer were on their way to Egypt: “And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD [Jehovah] met him, and sought to kill him.
		Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision” (Exodus 4:24-26).
		When Zipporah realized it was the son who was in jeopardy, she knew what must be done and she did it.
	www.heraldmag.org /2005/05ja_2.htm (2190 words)

	Did God Seek to Slay Moses?
		And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him and sought to kill him.
		He has sons by Zipporah, who is probably related to but not of the House of Israel.
		It was upon her that burden for response fell because she is the stumbling block to obedience.
	www.jonsquillministries.org /FAQGodseek.htm (1123 words)

	Bible Versions and Types - Literal, Free, and Dynamic
		Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, "Surely a bloody husband art thou to me." So he let him go: then she said, "A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision." (KJV)
		The Zipporah, his wife, took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her young son's penis, and threw it against Moses' feet, remarking disgustedly, "What a blood-smeared husband you've turned out to be!" Then God let him alone.
		Zipporah was probably the one who influenced Moses not to circumcise their son, so she was required to do it to save both her husband and son; thus her pointed comment to Moses.
	www.swapmeetdave.com /Bible/BibleType.htm (1641 words)

	WHY did God want to KILL Moses?? - at BibleStudy.org
		Zipporah and Moses must have discussed the matter and she knew Moses was dying before her eyes, making her quick to circumcise the boy!
		Discerning the scriptures and how Zipporah was a woman who spoke her mind – and most likely not have let up on Moses all the while they were in Egypt – if he hadn't sent her back.
		Zipporah took the foreskin of the circumcised boy and threw it at the feet of Moses along with mouthing her disgust with doing it!
	www.biblestudy.org /question/mosescir.html (1250 words)

	Prophetic word for today - The matriarchy curse
		The fact that Zipporah's son was still uncircumcised means that she had always won out every time she and Moses had had an argument regarding his circumcision.
		This is why verse 25 refers to the son as "her" son, i.e.- Zipporah's son, and not as "Moses' son"; Jethro's shadow over the marriage allowed Zipporah to possess the children and keep them away from God's perfect will.
		With Zipporah's strong influence of pastoral mercy inside of Moses, it would have been impossible for him to be effectively used by God to unleash those judgments.
	shamah-elim.info /p_mtrcurse.htm (5174 words)

	Zipporah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision”; (Exo 4:24-26).
		There they were, at Motel 6 (or at whatever inn they were), when suddenly God met Moses, not in a burning bush, but probably in a life-threatening sickness or disease.
		Like it or not, Zipporah, to save her husband and preserve family life, had to perform a man sized job.
	www.cacdenver.org /Pastors/PWM/2005/Zipporah.html (469 words)

	The Olivebranch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Since the record has Zipporah performing the act of circumcision on her son, it would indicate that Moses had indeed been smitten of the LORD with some illness or affliction, and he was therefore physically unable to perform the rite of circumcision.
		Zipporah, his wife, was either told by Moses or she already knew what needed to be done.
		The phrase "cast it at his feet" (AV) is misleading and causes some writers and readers to wrongly assume that Zipporah was either angry at Moses or disgusted with the rite.
	www.olivebranch.com /commentary/puzzmoses.htm (665 words)

	Before the Exodus: the lay of the land
		We will learn that somewhere in the middle of the Sinai peninsula there was an inn, probably along a trade route, where travelers could eat and stay overnight.
		Moses marrying Zipporah and living with the Midianites is an example.
		Zipporah, we will learn, was quite aware of what God expected of His chosen people.
	www.geobkt.com /biblestudy/exodus00.htm (628 words)

	The Woman's Bible eBook
		When Moses married Zipporah he represented himself as a stranger who desired nothing better than to adopt Jethro’s mode of life, But now that he desired to see his own people, his wife has no choice but to accompany him.
		The reason the Lord met them and sought to kill the son, was readily devined by Zipporah; her son had not been circumcised; so with woman’s quick intuition and natural courage to save the life of her husband, she skillfully performed the necessary operation, and the travellers went on their way rejoicing.
		The word circumcision seems to have a very elastic meaning “uncircumcised lips” is used to describe that want of power to speak fluently, from which Moses suffered and which he so often deplored.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/9880/51.html (460 words)

	Abba's Heart Ministries - Moses Chapters 11-12
		Maybe Zipporah was fed up with Moses and figured he was on his own and she was going to save at least one of her sons.
		Zipporah had to have hid this in her heart, waiting and watching for the fall-out of a bad decision made by Moses.
		Zipporah was a quick thinker and it’s a good thing, because we don’t have any words coming out of the mouth of Moses at this point.
	www.abbasheart.com /moses11to12.asp (6278 words)

	Notes on Exodus Section 1 by CHM
		"Asenath" presents quite a different phase of the Church from that which we have in the person of "Zipporah." The former was united to Joseph in the time of his exaltation; the latter was the companion of Moses, in the obscurity of his desert life.
		It is very evident that Zipporah's heart had, up to this point, shrunk from the application of the knife to that around which the affections of nature were entwined.
		She was united to Moses, during the period of his rejection; and from the passage just quoted, we learn that the Church is called to know Christ, as the One related to her "by blood." It is her privilege to drink of his cup, and be baptised with His baptism.
	www.btinternet.com /~amcbryan/exosec1.htm (20415 words)

	Exodus 4:24-26 : Fool Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		To save her sons life, Zipporah does it, and is very angry with Moses.
		The son was a young boy or young man, and it must have hurt as well as bleed a lot.
		Zipporah was angry with Moses for his caelessness.
	foolmoon.com /showflat.php?Number=222198 (227 words)

	Moses and Israel:
		Moses returns, but at an inn on the way, God tries to kill him because Moses has not circumcised his son.
		Though Moses is separated from the collective, his life enacts the memory of his predecessors and their journey to and sojourn in Egypt.
		Like the circumcision performed by Zipporah, the nonJew, this ritual enacts the fact that membership in the collective community is not sufficient for community and justice, that the community is formed in laboring individuals whose labor is directed from and toward what is beyond the eschaton of the community.
	jamesfaulconer.byu.edu /communit.htm (8428 words)

	EXODUS -- THE WAY OUT - 3
		Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So He let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
		In Genesis 17, the sign of circumcision was the sign of the blood covenant, and that son had not been circumcised.
		Zipporah's restoration is a type of the restoration of the church.
	mikeblume.com /exodus3.htm (1791 words)

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