Exode 19:8

8 Le peuple tout entier répondit: Nous ferons tout ce que l'Eternel a dit. Moïse rapporta les paroles du peuple à l'Eternel.

Exode 19:8 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 19:8

And all the people answered together
By their heads and representatives, the elders, summoned before Moses, to whom he declared the whole will of God; or this being communicated by them to their respective tribes and families, they were all of one mind; there was not a contradicting voice among them, they all gave the same answer, or all united in returning for answer what follows:

all that the Lord hath spoken we will do;
obey his voice in all things he directs unto, or commands to be done, and keep the covenant he should make with them, and observe whatever was required on their parts; which was well spoken, if with the heart, and if, under a consciousness of their own weakness, they had expressed their desire of dependence upon the grace of God to enable them to perform, see ( Deuteronomy 5:28 Deuteronomy 5:29 ) . The Septuagint version adds, "and we will hear", or be obedient, as in ( Exodus 24:7 ) :

and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord;
not for his information, who knew very well what they had said, but for the discharge of his office as a mediator and messenger between God and them: this, according to Jarchi, was on the third day of the month.

Exode 19:8 In-Context

6 vous serez pour moi un royaume de sacrificateurs et une nation sainte. Voilà les paroles que tu diras aux enfants d'Israël.

7 Moïse vint appeler les anciens du peuple, et il mit devant eux toutes ces paroles, comme l'Eternel le lui avait ordonné.

8 Le peuple tout entier répondit: Nous ferons tout ce que l'Eternel a dit. Moïse rapporta les paroles du peuple à l'Eternel.

9 Et l'Eternel dit à Moïse: Voici, je viendrai vers toi dans une épaisse nuée, afin que le peuple entende quand je te parlerai, et qu'il ait toujours confiance en toi. Moïse rapporta les paroles du peuple à l'Eternel.

10 Et l'Eternel dit à Moïse: Va vers le peuple; sanctifie-les aujourd'hui et demain, qu'ils lavent leurs vêtements.