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Nu 17:1-13.
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英語原文
Nu 17:1-13.
AARON'S ROD FLOURISHES.
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简体中文
2-5. 你晓谕以色列人——关于祭司职分之争的纠纷，其性质与规模都需要一次决定性的、有权威的了结。为消除一切疑虑，并使日后关于此职分归属的一切怨言尽归平息，便行了一个性质独特、效力长久的神迹；且在施行方式上，使全体百姓都有直接而特殊的参与。
每个人……首领……十二根杖中取一根——因这些首领既是各主要家族的长子，又是其支派的首长，若这圣洁的尊荣要在众支派中分享，他们本可提出最有力的祭司职分的要求；因此他们被选上，且数目为十二——约瑟只算为一个——摩西受命要在各人的杖或职事之杖上刻上其名字——这是从埃及人借来的做法。所用的是亚伦而非利未之名，因后者会在利未人中开启争端的门户；又因每一支派的首领只可有一根杖，明确为亚伦指派一根杖，便确定了他是那支派的首领，也确定了祭司尊荣当属的那一支派内的分支或家族。这些杖要放在帐幕内、约柜旁（将
Nu 17:10
与 Heb 9:4 对照），在那里有神的记号应许，可永远了结此争端。
英語原文
2-5. Speak unto the children of Israel--The controversy with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood was of such a nature and magnitude as required a decisive and authoritative settlement. For the removal of all doubts and the silencing of all murmuring in the future regarding the holder of the office, a miracle was wrought of a remarkable character and permanent duration; and in the manner of performing it, all the people were made to have a direct and special interest.
take of every one . . . princes . . . twelve rods--As the princes, being the oldest sons of the chief family, and heads of their tribes, might have advanced the best claims to the priesthood, if that sacred dignity was to be shared among all the tribes, they were therefore selected, and being twelve in number--that of Joseph being counted only one--Moses was ordered to see that the name of each was inscribed--a practice borrowed from the Egyptians--upon his rod or wand of office. The name of Aaron rather than of Levi was used, as the latter name would have opened a door of controversy among the Levites; and as there was to be one rod only for the head of each tribe, the express appointment of a rod for Aaron determined him to be the head of that tribe, as well as that branch or family of the tribe to which the priestly dignity should belong. These rods were to be laid in the tabernacle close to the ark (compare
Nu 17:10 and Heb 9:4),
where a divine token was promised that would for all time terminate the dispute.
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6. 亚伦的杖也在他们的杖中——或作十二根之一，或如许多人所推测的，是居中的第十三根
(Heb 9:4)。
这些杖是干枯的树枝或手杖，大概年代久远，是从一位家族首领传给继任者的。
英語原文
6. the rod of Aaron was among their rods--either one of the twelve, or, as many suppose, a thirteenth in the midst
(Heb 9:4).
The rods were of dry sticks or wands, probably old, as transmitted from one head of the family to a succeeding.
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8. 摩西进了帐幕——因在此场合蒙神特别的命令而有此特权。他在那里看见了亚伦之杖的奇观——据 JOSEPHUS 所述，那是一根杏树的枝子，同时结出三个不同阶段的果子——花苞、花朵和果实。
英語原文
8. Moses went into the tabernacle--being privileged to do so on this occasion by the special command of God. And he there beheld the remarkable spectacle of Aaron's rod--which, according to JOSEPHUS, was a stick of an almond tree, bearing fruit in three different stages at once--buds, blossoms, and fruit.
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10. 把亚伦的杖还放在法柜前，留作记号，给背叛之子作警戒——因为百姓若在一切劝诫和刑罚——且有神迹为佐——之后仍然叛乱，他们必死的刑罚是必然的。
英語原文
10. Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels--For if, after all admonitions and judgments, seconded by miracles, the people should still rebel, they would certainly pay the penalty by death.
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12, 13. 我们死啦，我们灭亡啦——一声惊惧的呼喊，既因记念先前的刑罚，也因担心日后再度陷入怨言。
英語原文
12, 13. Behold, we die, we perish--an exclamation of fear, both from the remembrance of former judgments, and the apprehension of future relapses into murmuring.
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13. 进前来的人——即过于所当近的；这是许多人可能陷入的错误。神严厉的公义会追讨每一桩轻微的过犯吗？我们都要灭亡了。然而，有人将这呼喊视为新不满的征兆，而非敬畏顺服之心的表现。我们当敬畏，却不要犯罪。
英語原文
13. cometh any thing near--that is, nearer than he ought to do; an error into which many may fall. Will the stern justice of God overtake every slight offense? We shall all be destroyed. Some, however, regard this exclamation as the symptom or a new discontent, rather than the indication of a reverential and submissive spirit. Let us fear and sin not.
Nu 17:1-13.
亚伦的 杖 开花。