Exodus 4:20
Hebrew Bible
19 The Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead.” 20 Then Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and headed back to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand. 21 The Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put under your control. But I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Exodus 4:20
Septuagint
19 Now after those many days, the king of Egypt died. And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go, depart into Egypt! For all the men who were seeking your life have died.” 20 And Moses, having taken up his wife and his children, put them upon his beasts of burden and returned to Egypt. And Moses took the staff, the one from God, in his hand. 21 The Lord said to Moses, “As you go and return to Egypt, see all of these wonders that I have placed into your hands; you will perform them in front of Pharaoh. And I myself will harden his heart, and he will certainly not send away my people.
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... The Greek translation, the Septuagint, changes 'ass' to 'beasts of burden.' Commentators suggest the honor of Moses' wife as the reason for the emendation, for it would be improper for a woman of Moses' wife's stature to ride on a lowly ass. However, our targumist does not deviate from the literal translation of the biblical word hachamor. He translates it exactly as chamara, which may mean an ass, or the ass. Rashi, relying on a Midrash, states that the definite article, 'the,' implies the special ass. This is the ass upon which Abraham rode on his way to Mount Moriah to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, and that will, ultimately, be mounted by the King Messiah ..."
Drazin, Israel, and Stanley M. Wagner
Onkelos on the Torah, Exodus: Understanding the Bible Text
(pp. 21-22) Gefen, 2006
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