Chapter commentary
Numbers Chapter 25
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Nu 25:1-18.
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Nu 25:1-18.
THE ISRAELITES' WHOREDOM AND IDOLATRY WITH MOAB.
1. Israel abode in Shittim--a verdant meadow, so called from a grove of acacia trees which lined the eastern side of the Jordan. (See
Nu 33:49).
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3. 以色列人與巴力毗珥連合——「巴力」是「主」的通稱，「毗珥」是摩押的一座「山」。這偶像的真名是基抹，其敬拜儀式以極其淫穢的方式舉行。以色列人既參與這節期，便同時犯了拜偶像與淫亂兩樣罪。
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3. Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor--Baal was a general name for "lord," and Peor for a "mount" in Moab. The real name of the idol was Chemosh, and his rites of worship were celebrated by the grossest obscenity. In participating in this festival, then, the Israelites committed the double offense of idolatry and licentiousness.
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4. 耶和華對摩西說：將百姓中所有的首領都拿來，對着日頭懸挂——以色列的死刑犯，都是先用石頭打死或殺死，然後才示眾。此處下令處決的，是巴力毗珥那場惡行中的首要罪犯——即屬下的官長、十夫長或百夫長。
在耶和華面前——為要維護真神的尊榮。
對着日頭——即作公開羞辱的標記；但日落時卻要取下
(De 21:23)。
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4. The Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up--Israelite criminals, who were capitally punished, were first stoned or slain, and then gibbeted. The persons ordered here for execution were the principal delinquents in the Baal-peor outrage--the subordinate officers, rulers of tens or hundreds.
before the Lord--for vindicating the honor of the true God.
against the sun--that is, as a mark of public ignominy; but they were to be removed towards sunset
(De 21:23).
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5. 以色列的審判官——即那七十位長老，他們不僅奉命在各轄區內監督執行，更要用己手施行刑罰。（參
1Sa 15:33）。
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5. judges of Israel--the seventy elders, who were commanded not only to superintend the execution within their respective jurisdictions, but to inflict the punishment with their own hands. (See on
1Sa 15:33).
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6, 7. 看哪，有一個以色列人……帶來……一個米甸女人——這樁公然敗德之舉，大概正發生在那命令下達之時、執行之前。
正在會幕門口哭泣的人——有些首領和敬虔之人正在為百姓的可怕罪惡哀痛，並懇求神的憐憫以避開將臨的刑罰。
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6, 7. behold, one of the children of Israel . . . brought . . . a Midianitish woman--This flagitious act most probably occurred about the time when the order was given and before its execution.
who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle--Some of the rulers and well-disposed persons were deploring the dreadful wickedness of the people and supplicating the mercy of God to avert impending judgments.
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8. 瘟疫——指某種突如其來、蔓延極廣的致命災病。
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8. the plague--some sudden and widespread mortality.
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9. 遭瘟疫死的，有二萬四千人——《哥林多前書》記的是二萬三千人
(1Co 10:8)， 指單因瘟疫而死的。摩西此處包括了被審判官處決的人
[Nu 25:5]。
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9. those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand--Only twenty-three thousand perished
(1Co 10:8)
from pestilence. Moses includes those who died by the execution of the judges
[Nu 25:5].
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11-13. 非尼哈……將我的忿怒向以色列人轉消——這保證是格外尊榮的記號：血跡不但沒有玷污他，反而堅定了他的職任；他的後裔也要與以色列國祚同久。
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11-13. Phinehas . . . hath turned my wrath away--This assurance was a signal mark of honor that the stain of blood, instead of defiling, confirmed him in office and that his posterity should continue as long as the national existence of Israel.
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14. 西緬……中的一個首領……心裏——殺了這樣高位的人，正顯出非尼哈無畏的熱心，因為報他血仇的或許大有人在。
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14. Zimri, . . . a prince . . . among the Simeonites--The slaughter of a man of such high rank is mentioned as a proof of the undaunted zeal of Phinehas, for there might be numerous avengers of his blood.
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17. 你要擾害米甸人，擊殺他們——他們似乎是罪魁禍首。（參
Nu 22:4; 31:8）。
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17. Vex the Midianites, and smite them--They seem to have been the most guilty parties. (Compare
Nu 22:4; 31:8).
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18. 他們用詭計擾害你們——他們不公開爭戰，卻以拜偶像和敗壞的詭計來達成毀滅你們的目的。
他們的姊妹——即他們的同鄉女子。
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18. they vex you with their wiles--Instead of open war, they plot insidious ways of accomplishing your ruin by idolatry and corruption.
their sister--their countrywoman.
Nu 25:1-18.
以色列人在摩押行淫亂與拜偶像
1. 以色列人住在什亭——那是一片青翠的草地，因約但河東岸成排的皂莢樹林而得名。（參
Nu 33:49）。