Chapter commentary
Deuteronomy Chapter 26
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De 26:1-15.
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De 26:1-15.
THE CONFESSION OF HIM THAT OFFERS THE BASKET OF FIRST FRUITS.
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2. 你就要從地上一切初熟的土產中取些來——迦南地的以色列人既是神的借用佃戶，就要以初熟之果和什一奉獻的形式向祂進貢。任何以色列人在獻當獻之物以前，都不得使用田間的出產。這貢物在進入應許之地定居後才開始徵收，並於每年一次的節期中重複進行
(利 2:14; 23:10; 23:15; 民 28:26; 申 16:9)。
每家的家長將貢物盛在小籃中——用柳條、去皮柳木或棕櫚葉編成——扛在肩上，帶到聖所。
English original
2. Thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth--The Israelites in Canaan, being God's tenants-at-will, were required to give Him tribute in the form of first-fruits and tithes. No Israelite was at liberty to use any productions of his field until he had presented the required offerings. The tribute began to be exigible after the settlement in the promised land, and it was yearly repeated at one of the great feasts
(Le 2:14; 23:10; 23:15; Nu 28:26; De 16:9).
Every master of a family carried it on his shoulders in a little basket of osier, peeled willow, or palm leaves, and brought it to the sanctuary.
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5. 你要這樣說……我祖原是一個將亡的亞蘭人——更確切地，是"一個漂泊的亞蘭人"。希伯來人的祖先是遊牧的牧人，或如亞伯拉罕生來是亞蘭人，或如雅各因久居而為亞蘭人。當他們立為國、得著應許之地時，他們所享的獨特特權都出於神白白的恩惠；為表達感恩，他們便獻上這一籃初熟的果子。
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5. thou shalt say . . . A Syrian ready to perish was my father--rather, "a wandering Syrian." The ancestors of the Hebrews were nomad shepherds, either Syrians by birth as Abraham, or by long residence as Jacob. When they were established as a nation in the possession of the promised land, they were indebted to God's unmerited goodness for their distinguished privileges, and in token of gratitude they brought this basket of first-fruits.
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11. 你和利未人……都歡樂——與親友和利未人一同設宴；這樣的場合要邀請利未人來分享獻祭之後歡樂的筵席
(申 12:7; 16:10-15)。
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11. thou shalt rejoice--feasting with friends and the Levites, who were invited on such occasions to share in the cheerful festivities that followed oblations
(De 12:7; 16:10-15).
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12-15. 每逢第三年，就是十分取一之年——希伯來人有兩種十分之一。第一種歸給利未人
(民 18:21)。
第二種是餘下的十分之一，要以實物帶到耶路撒冷；或可折成銀錢，到京城中再買牛羊、餅和油
(申 14:22, 23)。
如此連續兩年。但這第二個十分之一是在家裡吃的，而第三年則分給本地的窮人
(申 14:28, 29)。
English original
12-15. When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year--Among the Hebrews there were two tithings. The first was appropriated to the Levites
(Nu 18:21).
The second, being the tenth of what remained, was brought to Jerusalem in kind; or it was converted into money, and the owner, on arriving in the capital, purchased sheep, bread, and oil
(De 14:22, 23).
This was done for two consecutive years. But this second tithing was eaten at home, and the third year distributed among the poor of the place
(De 14:28, 29).
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13. 你就要在耶和華你神面前說，我已將聖物從我家裡拿出來——這是一個莊嚴的宣告，表明凡應當歸給神之物，沒有一樣被暗中私自留下供己用。
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13. thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house--This was a solemn declaration that nothing which should be devoted to the divine service had been secretly reserved for personal use.
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14. 我守喪的時候沒有吃——即在悲哀之時，這會使聖物沾染不潔；或在貧窮的託辭下吝惜不願分給窮人。
也沒有……為不潔之物用——即用於任何與神所指定的不同的一般用途，那將是對它的褻瀆。
也沒有為死人分出來——即用於任何喪事，或歸給偶像——那本為死物。
English original
14. I have not eaten thereof in my mourning--in a season of sorrow, which brought defilement on sacred things; under a pretense of poverty, and grudging to give any away to the poor.
neither . . . for any unclean use--that is, any common purpose, different from what God had appointed and which would have been a desecration of it.
nor given ought thereof for the dead--on any funeral service, or, to an idol, which is a dead thing.
申 26:1-15.
獻初熟果子筐者的認罪。