Nombres 32:21

21 si tous ceux de vous qui s'armeront passent le Jourdain devant l'Eternel jusqu'à ce qu'il ait chassé ses ennemis loin de sa face,

Nombres 32:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:21

And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord
Moses tries them thoroughly, and is very express in his words, requiring them not only to go armed, or march from the place where they were, towards the land of Canaan, but to go over Jordan, and not some of them only, but all, and that before the Lord; though indeed, when the tribes came to the river Jordan, the ark, which was the symbol of the divine Presence, went before all the tribes into it, and there stayed till they passed over, and then these two tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh passed before the children of Israel, and before the Lord, unto battle, ( Joshua 3:11 Joshua 3:17 ) ( Joshua 4:12 Joshua 4:13 )

until he hath driven out his enemies before him:
the Canaanites, who were the enemies of the Lord, as well as of his people; and because of their sins, in which they showed their enmity to God, the land spewed them out, and he drove them out to make way for his people Israel, and till this was done the tribes of Reuben and Gad were to continue with them.

Nombres 32:21 In-Context

19 et nous ne posséderons rien avec eux de l'autre côté du Jourdain, ni plus loin, puisque nous aurons notre héritage de ce côté-ci du Jourdain, à l'orient.

20 Moïse leur dit: Si vous faites cela, si vous vous armez pour combattre devant l'Eternel,

21 si tous ceux de vous qui s'armeront passent le Jourdain devant l'Eternel jusqu'à ce qu'il ait chassé ses ennemis loin de sa face,

22 et si vous revenez seulement après que le pays aura été soumis devant l'Eternel, -vous serez alors sans reproche vis-à-vis de l'Eternel et vis-à-vis d'Israël, et cette contrée-ci sera votre propriété devant l'Eternel.

23 Mais si vous ne faites pas ainsi, vous péchez contre l'Eternel; sachez que votre péché vous atteindra.