1 Samuel 12:6

6 Alors Samuel dit au peuple: C'est l'Eternel qui a établi Moïse et Aaron, et qui a fait monter vos pères du pays d'Egypte.

1 Samuel 12:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 12:6

And Samuel said unto the people
Having cleared and established his own character, he proceeds to lay before the people some of the great things God had done for them formerly, and quite down to the present time, the more to aggravate their ingratitude in rejecting God as their King:

[it is] the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron;
raised them from a low estate, the one in a foreign country in Midian, the other in bondage in Egypt, to be deliverers, guides, and governors of his people Israel. Kimchi thinks this refers to what goes before, and that the sense is, that God, that raised Moses and Aaron to great honour and dignity, was a witness between him and the people; in which he is followed by some Christian interpreters. Ben Gersom makes mention of the same, but rather approves of the connection of the words with what follows, as does Abarbinel, and is doubtless most correct; the Targum is,

``who hath done mighty things by the hands of Moses and Aaron:''

and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt;
when they were in bondage there, and that by the means of Moses and Aaron, by whose hands he wrought signs and wonders and inflicted plagues on the Egyptians, which made them willing at last to let Israel go.

1 Samuel 12:6 In-Context

4 Ils répondirent: Tu ne nous as point opprimés, et tu ne nous as point traités durement, et tu n'as rien reçu de la main de personne.

5 Il leur dit encore: L'Eternel est témoin contre vous, et son oint est témoin, en ce jour, que vous n'avez rien trouvé dans mes mains. Et ils répondirent: Ils en sont témoins.

6 Alors Samuel dit au peuple: C'est l'Eternel qui a établi Moïse et Aaron, et qui a fait monter vos pères du pays d'Egypte.

7 Maintenant, présentez-vous, et je vous jugerai devant l'Eternel sur tous les bienfaits que l'Eternel vous a accordés, à vous et à vos pères.

8 Après que Jacob fut venu en Egypte, vos pères crièrent à l'Eternel, et l'Eternel envoya Moïse et Aaron, qui firent sortir vos pères d'Egypte et les firent habiter dans ce lieu.