Midrash sur L’Exode 33:12
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה רְ֠אֵה אַתָּ֞ה אֹמֵ֤ר אֵלַי֙ הַ֚עַל אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֔נִי אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁלַ֖ח עִמִּ֑י וְאַתָּ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ יְדַעְתִּ֣יךָֽ בְשֵׁ֔ם וְגַם־מָצָ֥אתָ חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָֽי׃
Moïse dit au Seigneur: "Considère que tu me dis: ‘Fais avancer ce peuple’, sans me faire savoir qui tu veux m’adjoindre. D’ailleurs, tu avais dit: ’Je t’ai distingué spécialement et certes tu as trouvé faveur à mes yeux.’
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Exod. 33:12:) AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD: SEE, YOU <SAY UNTO ME: BRING THIS PEOPLE UP>…. it is written (in Ps. 77:6 [5]): I HAVE CONSIDERED THE DAYS OF OLD. The congregation of Israel said to the Holy One: Sovereign of the World, we sit and consider how many years you took to redeem us from Egypt, how many years you took to redeem us from Greece.55Exod. R. 45:2. (Ps. 77:11 [10]) THIS IS MY WEAKNESS (rt.: HLH), THAT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MOST HIGH MIGHT CHANGE. Resh Laqish said: If they are sick (rt.: HLH), they can be healed.56PRK 17:2; Lam. R. 1:2:23. Lam. R. has R. Simeon b. Laqish continue: If there is a change of the right hand, there is no hope.
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Exod. 33:12:) AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD. To what is the matter comparable? To a cavern which was located on the edge of the sea, and <the sea> filled it.58Exod. R. 45:3. From then on the sea was flowing into the cave, and the cave making a return to the sea. (Exod. 33:1:) AND THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES. (Exod. 33:5:) AND THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES. (Exod. 33:12:) AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD.59In other words, conversation between the Holy One and Moses flowed back and forth like tidal waters flowing in and out of a cavern.
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber
[(Exod. 33:12:) AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE LORD.] What is written above on the matter (in vs. 5)? AND THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES: SAY UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: YOU ARE A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE…. NOW THEN, REMOVE YOUR ORNAMENTS. What is the meaning of YOUR ORNAMENTS? R. Simeon said: The weaponry which the Holy One gave them with the Ineffable Name inscribed upon it.60Above, Exod. 8:7. Immediately (in vs. 6), SO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL STRIPPED THEMSELVES OF ORNAMENTS (i.e., their weapons). When Moses saw that they had lost the good gift, he became angry with them.
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