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It describes close-built homes, shared walls in bigger places, access between houses via flat roofs, and narrow paths leading to a central square. The text details wells and water collection by women, local news exchange, and how social reputation could affect who came, alongside city walls and gate life.","Daily Life in Bible Times La vie quotidienne aux temps bibliques  \nEnglish, Français Bible  \nDaily Life in Bible Times  \nLa vie quotidienne aux temps bibliques  \nAdapted from “Daily Life in Bible Times”, Wycli̜e Bible Translators, Dallas 1988 Additional information was gathered from: “Today’s Handbook of Bible Times and Customs” by William L. Coleman, Bethany House Publishers, © 1984  \nImages by MBANJI Ernest Bawe.  \nEnglish, Français  \nCopyright © 1998, Wycli̜e Bible Translators, Inc.  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)  \nYou may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nImages by MBANJI Ernest Bawe, © 1998 SIL Cameroon. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.  \nIntroduction:  \nEvery country has its own ways of doing things which are di̜erent from other countries. This book will help you understand how Jewish families in Bible times lived.  \nIntroduction  \nChaque pays a ses propres traditions. Ce livre vous aidera à comprendre comment le peuple juif vivait aux temps bibliques.  \nVillages:  \nThe Jewish people in Bible times were mostly farmers and shepherds who lived in small villages throughout the countryside.  \nLes villages  \nLes Juifs, du temps de la Bible, étaient pour la plupart des cultivateurs et des bergers, vivant dans de petits villages dispersés à travers le pays.  \nThe Jews built their houses very close together. In larger towns and cities, houses sometimes shared a common wall. People could walk from house to house on the ̎at rooftops. Narrow paths between the houses led to an open square in the middle of the village.  \nLes maisons étaient construites très près les unes des autres. Dans les grands villages et les villes les maisons avaient parfois un mur mitoyen et les gens pouvaient passer d’une maison à une autre en passant par le toit. D’étroites ruelles se faůlant entre les maisons menaient à la place du village.  \nThe village well was often in an open area in the middle of the village but sometimes the well was outside the village. It did not rain often in Israel and the land was very dry.  \nLa source du village se trouvait en général à un endroit au milieu du village, mais parfois aussi en dehors du village. Il ne pleuvait pas souvent en Israël et le pays était très sec. Parfois la source était le seul endroit où l’on trouvait de l’eau.  \nSometimes the well was the only place to get water. Women came to fetch water at the well at the end of the day. They ̊lled large jars with water for washing and drinking. They talked about the local news. If a woman was not liked by the other women, that woman did not come to the well at the end of the day. (For example, read John 4:5–15)  \nLes femmes venaient chercher de l’eau à la source en ̊nde journée, elles remplissaient des grandes jarres avec del’eau à boire et pour se laver. Elles échangeaient les nouvelles locales. Les femmes de mauvaise réputation évitaient de venir à la source à ce moment-là .  \n(Lisez par exemple Jean 4.5-15)  \nThe Jews built walls around the larger towns and cities. People entered and left the city through gates in the wall. Merchants set up stalls to sell or trade near the city gates.  \nLes grands villages et les villes étaient généralemententourés d’un grand mur. 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