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Josué 2:9

Listen to Josué 2:9
9 Et elle leur dit: Je sais que l'Éternel vous a donné le pays, et que la terreur de votre nom nous a saisis, et que tous les habitants du pays ont perdu courage à cause de vous.

Josué 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 2:9

And she said unto the men
The two spies:

I know that the Lord hath given you the land;
the land of Canaan, of which she was an inhabitant, and in which they now were; this she knew either by some tradition that was among them; or by divine revelation, a supernatural impulse upon her mind: or by observing what the Lord had done already, in putting the land of the Amorites into their hands, which were one of the seven nations of Canaan; and by this it also appears, and more clearly by what follows, that she had knowledge of the Lord God, the God of Israel:

and that your terror is fallen upon us;
which was another token or sign by which she knew the land would be delivered to them; that they who were a formidable people, and struck terror into others, now were terrified themselves, at the rumour of Israel being come to invade them; this was what the Lord said should be the case, ( Deuteronomy 11:25 ) ;

and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you;
or "melt" F6, like wax before the fire, as Moses had predicted, ( Exodus 15:15 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F6 (wgmn) "liquefacti sunt", Montanus, Piscator.
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Josué 2:9 In-Context

7 Et les hommes les poursuivirent dans la direction du Jourdain, vers les gués, et l'on ferma la porte, après que ceux qui les poursuivaient furent sortis.
8 Avant qu'ils se couchassent, elle monta vers eux sur le toit,
9 Et elle leur dit: Je sais que l'Éternel vous a donné le pays, et que la terreur de votre nom nous a saisis, et que tous les habitants du pays ont perdu courage à cause de vous.
10 Car nous avons appris comment l'Éternel a tari devant vous les eaux de la mer Rouge, quand vous sortiez d'Égypte, et ce que vous avez fait aux deux rois des Amoréens qui étaient au delà du Jourdain, à Sihon et à Og, que vous avez dévoués à l'interdit.
11 Nous l'avons appris, et notre cœur s'est fondu, et le courage d'aucun homme ne se soutient encore devant vous; car l'Éternel votre Dieu est Dieu dans les cieux en haut et sur la terre en bas.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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