0 How did Zipporah stop God from killing Moses?

Those ancient inhabitants of thy holy land, whom thou didst abhor ... those ... eaters of men' s bowels, and devourers of blood. Wisdom 12:3

Trivia: According to the Book of Wisdom, who were "eaters of men' s bowels, and devourers of blood"?

How did Zipporah stop God from killing Moses?


By cutting off her son's foreskin and throwing it at Moses's feet

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. Exodus 4:24
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD 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. Exodus 4:24

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