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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 4:25

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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4:25 a bridegroom of blood: The context suggests that this statement was part of the circumcision ritual of that time. Perhaps it reflects a practice among some Semites (as among certain African groups today) of performing circumcision when the child had attained puberty.
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