And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. JOSUÉ A RASSEMBLÉ TOUTES LES TRIBUS D'ISRAËL À SICHEM. Une autre et dernière occasion de dissu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. JOSUÉ A DIT À TOUT LE PEUPLE. Son discours a brièvement récapitulé les p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. A PRIS VOTRE PÈRE ABRAHAM. Ce fut une irrésistible impulsion de grâce divine qui a conduit le patriarche à quitter son pays et ses proches,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. DONNÉ AU MONT ESAÜ SEIR (voir la note à Genèse 36:8 - Genèse 36:9) - afin qu'il ne soit pas un obstacle à Jacob et à sa postérité étant les héritiers exclusifs d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_I SENT MOSES ALSO AND AARON, AND I PLAGUED EGYPT, ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH I DID AMONG THEM: AND AFTERWARD I BROUGHT YOU OUT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. GIRGASHITES. La mention de cette tribu cana... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. ENVOYÉ LE FRELON - une espèce particulière de guêpe qui grouille dans les pays chauds, et assume parfois le caractère flagrant d'une peste (Kirby'... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND I HAVE GIVEN YOU A LAND FOR WHICH YE DID NOT LABOUR, AND CITIES WHICH YE BUILT NOT, AND YE DWELL IN THEM; OF THE VINEYARDS AND OLIVEYARDS WHICH YE PLANTED NOT DO YE EAT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. MAINTENANT DONC CRAIGNEZ LE SEIGNEUR ET SERVEZ-LE AVEC SINCÉRITÉ ET VÉRITÉ. Après avoir énuméré tant de motif... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND IF IT SEEM EVIL UNTO YOU TO SERVE THE LORD, CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE; WHETHER THE GODS WHICH YOUR FATHERS SERVED THAT WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD, OR THE GODS OF THE AMORITES, IN WHOSE LAND YE DWELL: BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD._ No JFB commentary o... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. JOSUÉ A DONC CONCLU UNE ALLIANCE AVEC LE PEUPLE CE JOUR-LÀ - il les a incités solennellement et volontairement à renouveler l'alliance nationale (cf. Néhémie 10:1).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. JOSHUA A ÉCRIT CES MOTS DANS LE LIVRE DE LA LOI DE DIEU - a enregistré les engagements de cette alliance solennelle dans le livre de l'hist... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND JOSHUA SAID UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE, BEHOLD, THIS STONE SHALL BE A WITNESS UNTO US; FOR IT HATH HEARD ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD WHICH HE SPAKE UNTO US: IT SHALL BE THEREFORE A WITNESS UNTO YOU, LEST YE DENY YOUR GOD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. JOSHUA ... EST MORT. Lightfoot calcule qu'il a vécu 17 ans, les autres 27 ans après l'entrée en Canaan. Il a été enterré, selon la pratique juive, dans les limit... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. À TIMNATH-SERAH, QUI EST SUR LE MONT EPHRAIM - i: e., portion restante ou réservée à Josué après la distribution de la terre. Il est appelé, Juges 2:9, Timnath-... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. ISRAËL A SERVI LE SEIGNEUR TOUS LES JOURS DE JOSUÉ. Le caractère haut et imposant de cet éminent dirigeant avait do... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. LES OSSEMENTS DE JO... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that ELEAZAR ... EST MORT, ET ILS L'ONT ENTERRÉ DANS ... LE MONT EPHRAIM. La tombe se trouve dans le village moderne d'Awertah, qui, selon les voyageurs juifs, contient les tombes aussi d'Ithamar, le frère de Phinées, le fils d'Elé... [ Continuer la lecture ]