King James Version
Exodus 4:27 in the King James Version says “And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kiss...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.”
Exodus 4:27 · KJV
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. sharp: or, knife cast: Heb. made it touch
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“to meet”
H7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
“into the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“and met”
H6298to come in contact with, whether by accident or violence; figuratively, to concur
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“and kissed”
H5401to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
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