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Exodus 4

Éx. 4:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass by the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
in the inn
malown (Hebrew #4411)
a lodgment, i.e. caravanserai or encampment
KJV usage: inn, place where...lodge, lodging (place).
Pronounce: maw-lone'
Origin: from 3885
, that the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
y met
pagash (Hebrew #6298)
to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur
KJV usage: meet (with, together).
Pronounce: paw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
him, and sought
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
to kill
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Ministry on This Verse

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the inn.
The account in this and the two following verses, although rather obscure, seems to imply, that on their way to the land of Egypt, an angel appeared to Moses, and sought to kill his son, on account of his father's non-observance of the Lord's positive command to Abraham, that every man child of the Jewish nation, or born in his house in servitude, should be circumcised on the eighth day; and the Zipporah, at the command of Moses, immediately fulfilled the injunction, and thus averted the wrath of God, denounced against the disobedient:
"The uncircumcised man child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people."
the Lord.
sought.
 {v.24-26} It is in holiness, and in judging sin, that He delivers: and acting in holiness, He does not suffer sin in those who are coworkers for Him, with whom He is in contact. (Exodus 4 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass on the way, in the innd, that Jehovah came upon him, and sought to slay him.

JND Translation Notes

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See Gen. 42.27.