Exodus 33:2
Hebrew Bible
1 The Lord said to Moses, “Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 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.”
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Exodus 33:2
Septuagint
1 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go, go on up from here, you and your people whom you have led out of the land of Egypt into the land that I swore to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your seed.’” 2 And I will send my angel along before your face and he will drive out the Amorite and Hittite and Perizzite and Girgashite and Hivite and Jebusite. 3 And I will bring you into a land flowing with milk and honey, for I will certainly not go up with you because of the stiff-necked people that you are, lest I consume you on the way.”
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Our targumist translates the biblical phrase literally. The Septuagint changes the text to read: 'My angel ... he will drive out,' thereby avoiding portraying God anthropomorphically. Saadiah resolves the problem by seeming to suggest that the tzir'ah, 'disturbance' or 'insects,' mentioned in 23:28, would drive out the nations ..."
Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner
Onkelos on the Torah, Exodus: Understanding the Bible Text
(p. 229) Gefen, 2006
* The use of references are not endorsements of their contents. Please read the entirety of the provided reference(s) to understand the author's full intentions regarding the use of these texts.
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