And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed:
take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I
have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city,
and his land:
LE SEIGNEUR DIT À JOSUÉ: NE CRAINS RIEN. Par l’exécution de la
justice sur A... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and
her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye
take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city
behind it.
TIENS UNE EMBUSCADE À LA VILLE. Dieu l'a assuré de sa capture, mais
lui a permis de s... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and
Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them
away by night.
ALORS JOSUÉ ... A CHOISI TRENTE MILLE HOMMES DE BRAVOURE - Josué a
envoyé 30 000 hommes, sous couvert de nuit, pour se placer à
l'endroit désig... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against
the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be
ye all ready:
DERRIÈRE LA VILLE - est rendu, Josué 8:9, "à l'ouest d'Ai.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND I, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH ME, WILL APPROACH UNTO THE
CITY: AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THEY COME OUT AGAINST US, AS AT
THE FIRST, THAT WE WILL FLEE BEFORE THEM,_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged
that night among the people.
ENTRE BETH-EL ET AL. Beth-el, bien que située assez près, en
direction ouest par nord, ne peut pas être vue de Tell-el-bajar,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and
went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
JOSHUA ... A NUMÉROTÉ LES GENS - i: e., le détachement des liers
en attente; il a fait cela, pour être fourni par la suite avec des
preuves claires, que le travail... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went
up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north
side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
TOUT LE MONDE. [La traduction de la Septante donne une idée
différente et quelque peu ambiguë du mode... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE TOOK ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND MEN, AND SET THEM TO LIE IN AMBUSH
BETWEEN BETHEL AND AI, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the
north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city,
Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
JOSHUA EST ALLÉ CETTE NUIT-LÀ AU MILIEU DE LA VALLÉE. Le vallon
profond et escarpé au nord de Tell-el-hajar... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and
rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to
battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain;
but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the
city.
À UNE HEURE F... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them,
and fled by the way of the wilderness.
JOSUÉ ET TOUT ISRAËL ONT FAIT COMME S'ILS AVAIENT ÉTÉ BATTUS
DEVANT EUX. La prétendue fuite en direction du désert - i: e., au
sud-est, dans le Ghor, la vallée désertique du Jourdain a attiré... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN AI WERE CALLED TOGETHER TO PURSUE
AFTER THEM: AND THEY PURSUED AFTER JOSHUA, AND WERE DRAWN AWAY FROM
THE CITY._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy
hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua
stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
JOSHUA A TENDU LA LANCE. La lance soulevée avait probablement un
drapeau ou une banderole dessus, com... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THE AMBUSH AROSE QUICKLY OUT OF THEIR PLACE, AND THEY RAN AS SOON
AS HE HAD STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND: AND THEY ENTERED INTO THE CITY, AND
TOOK IT, AND HASTED AND SET THE CITY ON FIRE._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
LE ROI D'AI ILS ONT PRIS VIVANT - pour être réservé à une mort
plus ignominieuse, comme un plus grand criminel aux yeux de Dieu que
ses sujets. Dans l'attaque mêlée d'avant et de derrière, tous les
hommes d'Ai ont été massacrés.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the
inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased
them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until
they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and
smote it with the edge of t... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND SO IT WAS, THAT ALL THAT FELL THAT DAY, BOTH OF MEN AND WOMEN,
WERE TWELVE THOUSAND, EVEN ALL THE MEN OF AI._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the
spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
JOSHUA NE RETIRA PAS SA MAIN. Peut-être que, depuis la longue
continuation de la posture, cela aurait pu être un moyen désigné
par Dieu pour animer le peuple et cont... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_ONLY THE CATTLE AND THE SPOIL OF THAT CITY ISRAEL TOOK FOR A PREY
UNTO THEMSELVES, ACCORDING UNTO THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH HE
COMMANDED JOSHUA._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation
unto this day.
JOSHUA A BRÛLÉ AI ET EN A FAIT UN TAS POUR TOUJOURS , [ teel
(H8510), tas de ruines]. "Pour toujours" signifie souvent une longue
période (Genèse 6:3). Une des choses remarquables en ce qui concerne
le Tell que n... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as
the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase
down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the
city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto
this day.
LE ROI D'AI,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
ENSUITE, JOSHUA A CONSTRUIT UN AUTEL ... DANS LE MONT EBAL - (voir la
note à Deutéronome 27:1 - Deutéronome 27:26.) Cet endroit était un
peu moins de vingt miles d'Ai. La marche à travers un pays hostile et
l'accomplissement sa... [ Continuer la lecture ]
As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as
it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole
stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered
thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
DE PIERRES ENTIÈRES - se... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which
he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
IL Y A ÉCRIT SUR LES PIERRES UNE COPIE DE LA LOI [ mishneeh (H4932),
une copie, un duplicata (voir la note à Deutéronome 27:2 -
Deutéronome 27:8) - i: e., les bénédictions et l... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges,
stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the
Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the
stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against
mount Gerizim, and half of th... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
ENSUITE, IL A LU ... LA LOI - a amené les prêtres ou les lévites
à la lire (Deutéronome 27:14) . On dit souvent aux personnes dans
les Écritures de faire ce qu'ell... [ Continuer la lecture ]
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read
not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the
little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
IL N'Y AVAIT PAS UN MOT ... QUE JOSHUA N'A PAS LU. Il semble qu'une
partie beaucoup plus grande de... [ Continuer la lecture ]