Is it possible that Moses may not have known the ways of Abraham. the information was given to Abraham from God, God had instructed that the children (male) should all be circumcised on the 8th day after birth. because he grew up in the House of Pharoah. When he left to warn Pharaoh to let his people go. Moses Lean to his own understanding and did not acknowledge God of the things that should take place before he left , but for Zipporah his wife, she knew. He had help from his wife (Holy Ghost) helps us to know when we are in error.
would this be correct me to think about this process ( MAYBE)
Thank you Mtullis150 for those added thoughts for consideration. We are not given every detail about what took place in Moses' life by his interaction with the LORD God, so I suppose, some of what we believe (or, assume) is simply that - an assumption.
What helps me to believe what I shared with you earlier about Moses failing to circumcise his son, is that Moses already had two sons (Gershom & Eliezer) prior to his leaving with his family back to Egypt (Moses obeying God's Command). In Exodus 2:21,22 we read of his first son, Gershom and then in Exodus 4:20, we read that "Moses took his wife and his SONS, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt". So, somewhere between those references, Zipporah gave birth to Eliezer ( 1 Chronicles 23:15, for Eliezer's name).
Then the question arises, 'if Moses, on his return to Egypt, was confronted by the LORD concerning the circumcision of his son, which son is being referred to - the first or second? And if it was the second son being referred to (as the text could infer), then the first son, Gershom, must have been circumcised on the eighth day after birth? So, from this event & the sparse Scriptures we have concerning it, I must 'assume' that Moses must have somehow learned about Abraham, the events surrounding him, & about circumcision, so that at least his (Moses') first son would have been circumcised according to what he learned (whether from an account passed down about Abraham or directly given to him by the LORD).
And the other sad thing I noted from Exodus 4:20, was about the anguish & pain the poor donkey must have endured, having to carry Zipporah & her sons altogether. Hopefully, Moses' family were all delicate in frame, making the long journey easy for everyone.
Is it possible that Moses may not have known the ways of Abraham. the information was given to Abraham from God, God had instructed that the children (male) should all be circumcised on the 8th day after birth. because he grew up in the House of Pharoah. When he left to warn Pharaoh to let his people go. Moses Lean to his own understanding and did not acknowledge God of the things that should take place before he left , but for Zipporah his wife, she knew. He had help from his wife (Holy Ghost) helps us to know when we are in error.
would this be correct me to think about this process ( MAYBE)
What helps me to believe what I shared with you earlier about Moses failing to circumcise his son, is that Moses already had two sons (Gershom & Eliezer) prior to his leaving with his family back to Egypt (Moses obeying God's Command). In Exodus 2:21,22 we read of his first son, Gershom and then in Exodus 4:20, we read that "Moses took his wife and his SONS, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt". So, somewhere between those references, Zipporah gave birth to Eliezer ( 1 Chronicles 23:15, for Eliezer's name).
Then the question arises, 'if Moses, on his return to Egypt, was confronted by the LORD concerning the circumcision of his son, which son is being referred to - the first or second? And if it was the second son being referred to (as the text could infer), then the first son, Gershom, must have been circumcised on the eighth day after birth? So, from this event & the sparse Scriptures we have concerning it, I must 'assume' that Moses must have somehow learned about Abraham, the events surrounding him, & about circumcision, so that at least his (Moses') first son would have been circumcised according to what he learned (whether from an account passed down about Abraham or directly given to him by the LORD).
And the other sad thing I noted from Exodus 4:20, was about the anguish & pain the poor donkey must have endured, having to carry Zipporah & her sons altogether. Hopefully, Moses' family were all delicate in frame, making the long journey easy for everyone.
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