^{24 (J)} At a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to put him to death. ^{25 (J)} Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it and said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!" ^{26 (J)} So he let him alone. It was then that she said, "A bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.