Exodus 33:3

Hebrew Bible

2 I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.” 4 When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments.

Onkelos Exodus 33:3

Targum

2 And I will send My Angel before you, and will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; 3 to the land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not remove My Shekinah from you, although you are a stiff-necked people, otherwise I would destroy you on the way. 4 And the people heard these troubling words, and mourned, and no one put on their usual ornaments.

 Notes and References

"... The targumist reverses the Bible's 'for I will not go up in your midst,' and adds 'Shekkinah' and 'from.' He enhances Israel's honor by having God promise that His presence (Shekhinah) will abide with the Israelites. His change also precludes the possibility of having the reader believe that Gods absence is good for the people and His presence bad. Nachmanides, however, suggests an opposite view, undisturbed by anthropomorphisms ..."

Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner Onkelos on the Torah, Exodus: Understanding the Bible Text (p. 229) Gefen, 2006

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