Exodus 4:24
Good News Translation
At a camping place on the way to Egypt, the LORD met Moses and tried to kill him.

New Revised Standard Version
On the way, at a place where they spent the night, the LORD met him and tried to kill him.

Contemporary English Version
One night while Moses was in camp, the LORD was about to kill him.

New American Bible
On the journey, at a place where they spent the night, the LORD came upon Moses and sought to put him to death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him.

the inn.

Genesis 42:27 And one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack's mouth,

Genesis 17:14 The male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

the Lord.

Exodus 3:18 And they shall hear thy voice; and thou shalt go in, thou and the ancients of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews hath called us; we will go three days' journey into the wilderness, to sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

Numbers 22:22,23 And God was angry. And an angel of the Lord stood in the way against Balaam, who sat on the ass, and had two servants with him. . . .

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

Hosea 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them.

sought.

Genesis 17:14 The male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

Leviticus 10:3 And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath spoken. I will be sanctified in them that approach to me: and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And when Aaron heard this, he held his peace.

1 Kings 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion found him in the way, and killed him, and his body was cast in the way: and the ass stood by him, and the lion stood by the dead body.

Context
Moses Leaves for Egypt
23I have said to thee: Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go: behold I will kill thy son, thy firstborn. 24And when he was in his journey, in the inn, the Lord met him, and would have killed him.25Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.…
Cross References
Genesis 17:14
The male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

Numbers 22:22
And God was angry. And an angel of the Lord stood in the way against Balaam, who sat on the ass, and had two servants with him.

Exodus 4:23
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