Exode 4:7

7 L'Eternel dit: Remets ta main dans ton sein. Il remit sa main dans son sein; puis il la retira de son sein, et voici, elle était redevenue comme sa chair.

Exode 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 4:7

And he said, put thine hand into thy bosom again
With the leprosy on it: and he put his hand into his bosom again, and plucked it out of his
bosom;
quickly after he had put it in: and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh;
it was cured of the leprosy, and recovered its colour, and was as sound as before, and as any other part of his body. This was a very astonishing miracle, that he should be at once smote with a leprosy; that this should be only in his hand, and not in any other part of his body; and that it should be cured immediately, without the use of any means; and by this miracle Moses, and the Israelites, might be instructed and confirmed in the power of God, that he that could so suddenly inflict such a disease, and so easily cure it, was able to deliver them out of captivity, which was as death; and that however until Moses might be in himself to be a deliverer of the people, signified by his weak and leprous hand, yet being quickened and strengthened by the Lord, would be able to answer to the character; though, after all, the deliverance must be imputed not to his hand and power, but to the mighty hand and power of God.

Exode 4:7 In-Context

5 C'est là, dit l'Eternel, ce que tu feras, afin qu'ils croient que l'Eternel, le Dieu de leurs pères, t'est apparu, le Dieu d'Abraham, le Dieu d'Isaac et le Dieu de Jacob.
6 L'Eternel lui dit encore: Mets ta main dans ton sein. Il mit sa main dans son sein; puis il la retira, et voici, sa main était couverte de lèpre, blanche comme la neige.
7 L'Eternel dit: Remets ta main dans ton sein. Il remit sa main dans son sein; puis il la retira de son sein, et voici, elle était redevenue comme sa chair.
8 S'ils ne te croient pas, dit l'Eternel, et n'écoutent pas la voix du premier signe, ils croiront à la voix du dernier signe.
9 S'ils ne croient pas même à ces deux signes, et n'écoutent pas ta voix, tu prendras de l'eau du fleuve, tu la répandras sur la terre, et l'eau que tu auras prise du fleuve deviendra du sang sur la terre.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.