Exode 33
Segond 21
33 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: «Vas-y, pars d'ici avec le peuple que tu as fait sortir d'Egypte. Monte vers le pays que j'ai juré de donner à Abraham, à Isaac et à Jacob en disant: ‘Je le donnerai à ta descendance.’ 2 J'enverrai un ange devant toi et je chasserai les Cananéens, les Amoréens, les Hittites, les Phéréziens, les Héviens et les Jébusiens. 3 Monte vers ce pays où coulent le lait et le miel. En revanche, je ne monterai pas au milieu de toi, car tu es un peuple réfractaire et je risquerais de te faire disparaître en chemin.»
4 Lorsque le peuple entendit cette parole de malheur, il prit le deuil et personne ne mit ses ornements. 5 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: «Dis aux Israélites: ‘Vous êtes un peuple réfractaire. Si je montais un seul instant au milieu de toi, je te détruirais. Retire maintenant les ornements que tu portes et je verrai ce que je te ferai.’» 6 Les Israélites se dépouillèrent de leurs ornements en s'éloignant du mont Horeb.
Les rencontres de Moïse avec l’Eternel
7 Moïse prit la tente et la dressa à l’extérieur du camp, à une certaine distance. Il l'appela «tente de la rencontre». Tous ceux qui consultaient l'Eternel allaient vers la tente de la rencontre, à l’extérieur du camp. 8 Lorsque Moïse se rendait à cette tente, tout le peuple se levait; chacun se tenait à l'entrée de sa tente et le suivait des yeux jusqu'à ce qu'il ait pénétré dans la tente. 9 Lorsque Moïse avait pénétré dans la tente, la colonne de nuée descendait et s'arrêtait à l'entrée de la tente, et l'Eternel parlait avec Moïse. 10 Tout le peuple voyait la colonne de nuée s'arrêter à l'entrée de la tente, et tout le peuple se levait et adorait, chacun à l'entrée de sa tente. 11 L'Eternel parlait avec Moïse face à face, comme un homme parle à son ami. Puis Moïse retournait au camp, tandis que son jeune assistant, Josué, fils de Nun, ne sortait pas de la tente.
12 Moïse dit à l'Eternel: «Voici que tu me dis: ‘Fais monter ce peuple!’ et tu ne me fais pas connaître qui tu enverras avec moi. Cependant, tu as dit: ‘Je te connais par ton nom et tu as trouvé grâce à mes yeux.’ 13 Maintenant, si j'ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, fais-moi connaître tes voies. Alors je te connaîtrai et je pourrai encore trouver grâce à tes yeux. Regarde: cette nation est ton peuple.» 14 L'Eternel répondit: «Je marcherai moi-même avec toi et je te donnerai du repos.» 15 Moïse lui dit: «Si tu ne marches pas toi-même avec nous, ne nous fais pas partir d'ici. 16 Comment sera-t-il donc certain que j'ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, ainsi que ton peuple? Ne sera-ce pas quand tu marcheras avec nous et quand nous serons différents, moi et ton peuple, de tous les peuples qui sont à la surface de la terre?» 17 L'Eternel dit à Moïse: «Je ferai aussi ce que tu me demandes là parce que tu as trouvé grâce à mes yeux et que je te connais par ton nom.»
18 Moïse dit: «Fais-moi donc voir ta gloire!» 19 L'Eternel répondit: «Je ferai passer devant toi toute ma bonté et je proclamerai devant toi le nom de l'Eternel. *Je fais grâce à qui je veux faire grâce, et j’ai compassion de qui je veux avoir compassion.[a]» 20 Il ajouta: «Tu ne pourras pas voir mon visage, car l'homme ne peut me voir et vivre.» 21 L'Eternel dit: «Voici un endroit près de moi. Tu te tiendras sur le rocher. 22 Quand ma gloire passera, je te mettrai dans un creux du rocher et je te couvrirai de ma main jusqu'à ce que je sois passé. 23 Lorsque j’écarterai ma main, tu me verras par-derrière, mais mon visage ne pourra pas être vu.»
Footnotes
- Exode 33:19 Je fais grâce… compassion: cité par l’apôtre Paul en Romains 9.15.
Exodus 33
New King James Version
The Command to Leave Sinai
33 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you (A)and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, (B)‘To your descendants I will give it.’ 2 (C)And I will send My Angel before you, (D)and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 3 Go up (E)to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest (F)I [a]consume you on the way, for you are a (G)stiff-necked[b] people.”
4 And when the people heard this bad news, (H)they mourned, (I)and no one put on his ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your [c]ornaments, that I may (J)know what to do to you.’ ” 6 So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.
Moses Meets with the Lord
7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and (K)called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who (L)sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp. 8 So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood (M)at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord (N)talked with Moses. 10 All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and (O)worshiped, each man in his tent door. 11 So (P)the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but (Q)his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
The Promise of God’s Presence
12 Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, (R)You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, (S)‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ 13 Now therefore, I pray, (T)if I have found grace in Your sight, (U)show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is (V)Your people.”
14 And He said, (W)“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you (X)rest.”
15 Then he said to Him, (Y)“If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, (Z)except You go with us? So we (AA)shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
17 So the Lord said to Moses, (AB)“I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”
18 And he said, “Please, show me (AC)Your glory.”
19 Then He said, “I will make all My (AD)goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. (AE)I will be gracious to whom I will be (AF)gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for (AG)no man shall see Me, and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you (AH)in the cleft of the rock, and will (AI)cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall (AJ)not be seen.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 33:3 destroy
- Exodus 33:3 stubborn
- Exodus 33:5 jewelry
Exodus 33
King James Version
33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
5 For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
12 And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
17 And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
21 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Exodus 33
English Standard Version
The Command to Leave Sinai
33 The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you (A)and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To (B)your offspring I will give it.’ 2 I will send an (C)angel before you, (D)and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 3 (E)Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; (F)but I will not go up among you, (G)lest I consume you on the way, for you are a (H)stiff-necked people.”
4 When the people heard this disastrous word, they (I)mourned, and (J)no one put on his ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a (K)stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would (L)consume you. So now (M)take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’” 6 Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.
The Tent of Meeting
7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and (N)he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who (O)sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. 8 Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and (P)each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. 9 When Moses entered the tent, the (Q)pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord[a] would speak with Moses. 10 And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door. 11 Thus (R)the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his (S)assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
Moses' Intercession
12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, (T)you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, (U)‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please (V)show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is (W)your people.” 14 And he said, (X)“My presence will go with you, and (Y)I will give you rest.” 15 And he said to him, (Z)“If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? (AA)Is it not in your going with us, (AB)so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”
17 And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, (AC)for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 Moses said, “Please (AD)show me your glory.” 19 And he said, (AE)“I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And (AF)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for (AG)man shall not see me and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a (AH)cleft of the rock, and I will (AI)cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall (AJ)not be seen.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 33:9 Hebrew he
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