On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; CE JOUR-LÀ. Ce n'était pas immédiatement consécutif à la consécration du mur et des portes de la ville,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BECAUSE THEY MET NOT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WITH BREAD AND WITH WATER, BUT HIRED BALAAM AGAINST THEM, THAT HE SHOULD CURSE THEM: HOWBEIT OUR GOD TURNED THE CURSE INTO A BLESSING._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. SÉPARÉ D'ISRAËL TOUTE LA MULTITUDE MIXTE , [ `eereb (H6154)] - la masse hétéroclite des étrangers avec qui les Juifs avaient contracté des alliances. Le mot apparaît d'abord en référence au... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: AVANT CELA. La pratique de ces mariages mixtes, par négligence ouverte ou violation de la loi, était devenue si courante que même la maison pontificale, qui aurait dû un mei... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE HAD PREPARED FOR HIM A GREAT CHAMBER, WHERE AFORETIME THEY LAID THE MEAT OFFERINGS, THE FRANKINCENSE, AND THE VESSELS, AND THE TITHES OF THE CORN, THE NEW WINE, AND THE OIL, WHICH WAS COMMANDED TO BE GIVEN TO THE LEVITES, AND THE SINGERS, AND THE PORTERS; AND THE OFFERINGS OF THE PRIESTS._... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: MAIS PENDANT TOUT CE TEMPS JE N'ÉTAIS PAS À JÉRUSALEM. Eliashib-concluant que, comme Néhémie était parti de Jérus... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND I CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND UNDERSTOOD OF THE EVIL THAT ELIASHIB DID FOR TOBIAH, IN PREPARING HIM A CHAMBER IN THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. ET J'AI PERÇU QUE LES PORTIONS DES LÉVITES NE LEUR AVAIENT PAS ÉTÉ DONNÉES. Le peuple, dégoûté par les malversations d'Eliashib ou par l... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN CONTENDED I WITH THE RULERS, AND SAID, WHY IS THE HOUSE OF GOD FORSAKEN? AND I GATHERED THEM TOGETHER, AND SET THEM IN THEIR PLACE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. E... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THERE DWELT MEN OF TYRE ALSO THEREIN, WHICH BROUGHT FISH, AND ALL MANNER OF WARE, AND SOLD ON THE SABBATH UNTO THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, AND IN JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. NE POUVAIT PAS PARLER DANS LA LANGUE DES JUIFS, MAIS SELON LA LANGUE DE CHAQUE PEUPLE - un dialecte métis, imbibé de leurs mères, avec des principes et... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. MAUDIT , [ 'ªqalleem (H7043)] - leur a fait des rep... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_DID NOT SOLOMON KING OF ISRAEL SIN BY THESE THINGS? YET AMONG MANY NATIONS WAS THERE NO KING LIKE HIM, WHO WAS BELOVED OF HIS GOD, AND GOD MADE HIM KING OVER ALL ISRAEL: NEVERTHELESS EVEN HIM DID OUTLANDISH WOMEN CAUSE TO SIN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. SOUVENEZ-VOUS DE MOI, Ô MON DIEU, POUR DE BON. Cette prière pour la bénédiction divine, que Néhémie a fréquemment éjaculée et écrite, était une expression de son désir ardent ou de son désir faire punir les prêtres apostats... [ Continuer la lecture ]