And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the
mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said
unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this
Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not
what is become of him.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in
the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring
them unto me.
AARON LEUR DIT: CASSEZ LES BOUCLES D'OREILLES DORÉES , [ nizmeey
(H5141)] - anneaux de nez (Genèse 24:47; Proverbes 11:22; Ésaïe
3:21; Ézéchie... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
TOUT LE MONDE ARRACHE LES BOUCLES D'OREILLES DORÉES. Les anneaux
égyptiens, comme on les voit sur les monuments, étaient des plaques
rondes massives de métal; et comme c'étaient des anneaux de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
IL ... L'A FAÇONNÉ AVEC UN OUTIL DE GRAVURE , [ wayaatsar (H3335)
'otow (H853) bachereT (H2747)... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
AARON ... A CONSTRUIT UN AUTEL DEVANT LUI - `comme celui qui existe
encore devant les narines du sphinx '(Stanley,' Jewish Church ', p.
150 ).
AARON A FAIT UNE PROCLAMATI... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings,
and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to
drink, and rose up to play.
ILS SE SONT LEVÉS TÔT LE LENDEMAIN. Se lever tôt semble avoir
été une pratique spécialement observée les jours où des
sacrifices solen... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people,
which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted
themselves:
ALLEZ, DESCENDS. L'intelligence de la scène idolâtre jouée au pied
de la montagne a été communiquée à Moïse dans un langage
emprunté aux passions et sentime... [ Continuer la lecture ]
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them:
they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have
sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which
have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
ILS SE SONT RAPIDEMENT ÉCARTÉS , [ caaruw (H... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, I HAVE SEEN THIS PEOPLE, AND, BEHOLD,
IT IS A STIFFNECKED PEOPLE:_
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them,
and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
MAINTENANT, LAISSEZ-MOI TRANQUILLE. Une telle expression n'aurait pas
pu se produire à l'époque patriarcale - l'époque des théophanies.
Mais il y avait mainten... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND MOSES BESOUGHT THE LORD HIS GOD, AND SAID, LORD, WHY DOTH THY
WRATH WAX HOT AGAINST THY PEOPLE, WHICH THOU HAST BROUGHT FORTH OUT OF
THE LAND OF EGYPT WITH GREAT POWER, AND WITH A MIGHTY HAND?_
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he
bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them
from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of
this evil against thy people.
PAR MÉFAIT, LES A-T-IL FAIT SORTIR, LES A-T-IL TUÉS DANS LES
M... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_REMEMBER ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND ISRAEL, THY SERVANTS, TO WHOM THOU
SWAREST BY THINE OWN SELF, AND SAIDST UNTO THEM, I WILL MULTIPLY YOUR
SEED AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN, AND ALL THIS LAND THAT I HAVE SPOKEN OF
WILL I GIVE UNTO YOUR SEED, AND THEY SHALL INHERIT IT FOR EVER._
No JFB commentary on this vers... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his
people.
LE SEIGNEUR S'EST REPENTI DU MAL QU'IL PENSAIT FAIRE À SON PEUPLE.
Dieu travaille généralement par l'instrumentalité des moyens; et
dans ce cas, le moyen d'éviter la colère de Dieu était
l'intercession urgente de Moïse, qu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of
the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their
sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
MOÏSE S'EST RETOURNÉ ET EST DESCENDU DE LA MONTAGNE. La plaine
d'Er-Rabeh n'est pas visible du ha... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing
of God, graven upon the tables.
LES TABLEAUX ÉTAIENT L'ŒUVRE DE DIEU, ET L'ÉCRITURE ÉTAIT
L'ÉCRITURE DE DIEU. Il a été allégué que cette phraséologie est
selon l'idiome hébreu, dans lequel le les montagnes de Dieu
signifient de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he
said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
JOSHUA. Il était resté sous les arbres du niveau supérieur - la
plaine d'où se fait la dernière partie de l'ascension, maintenant
par des escaliers taillés dans les rochers - à... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,
neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the
noise of them that sing do I hear.
CE N'EST PAS LEUR VOIX QUI CRIE POUR LA MAÎTRISE , [ gªbuwraah
(H1369)] - ou victoire (cf. Exode 17:11). «Ce n'est pas le cri d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he
saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast
the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
DÈS QU'IL S'EST APPROCHÉ DU CAMP ... IL A VU LE VEAU ET LA DANSE.
Un virage brusque depuis la... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made
them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
NU - soit non armé et sans défense, soit honteux d'un sentiment de
culpabilité; dépouillé de leur plus grand ornement, la fidélité
à Dieu (2 Chroniques 28:19; Ésaïe 47:3; Jérémie 4... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the
LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together unto him.
MOÏSE SE TENAIT DANS LA PORTE. Le camp est censé avoir été
protégé par un rempart après l'attaque des Amalécites.
QUI EST DU CÔTÉ... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even
every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon
you a blessing this day.
CONSACREZ - ou vous vous êtes consacrés aujourd'hui. Les Lévites,
malgré la défection d'Aaron, se sont distingués par leur zèle pour
l... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people,
Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD;
peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
IL A DIT AU PEUPLE: VOUS AVEZ PÉCHÉ. Moïse s'est efforcé de
montrer au peuple la nature odieuse de son péché et... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have
spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee:
nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
CONDUISEZ LE PEUPLE JUSQU'AU LIEU DONT JE VOUS AI PARLÉ (VOIR LA
NOTE À EXODE 23:20 ): VOICI, MON ANGE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which
Aaron made. LE SEIGNEUR A TOURMENTÉ LES GENS, PARCE QU'ILS ONT FAIT
LE VEAU. Aucun jugement immédiat n'a été infligé; mais cette chute
précoce dans l'idolâtrie a toujours été mentionnée comme une
aggravation de leurs apostasies ulté... [ Continuer la lecture ]