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Nu 26:1-51.
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英語原文
Nu 26:1-51.
ISRAEL NUMBERED.
1. after the plague--That terrible visitation had swept away the remnant of the old generation, to whom God sware in His wrath that they should not enter Canaan
(Ps 95:11).
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2. 你們要將以色列全會眾……計算總數——相隔三十八年之後再次數點，其用意首先是要證實亞伯拉罕的後裔雖屢遭嚴厲懲罰，卻仍大為增多；其次是要保存各家族的區別，並為進入應許之地後按各支派人數多寡分地作好預備。
英語原文
2. Take the sum of all the congregation--The design of this new census, after a lapse of thirty-eight years, was primarily to establish the vast multiplication of the posterity of Abraham in spite of the severe judgments inflicted upon them; secondarily, it was to preserve the distinction of families and to make arrangements, preparatory to an entrance into the promised land, for the distribution of the country according to the relative population of the tribes.
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7. 這就是流便的各族——即主要的家室，再細分為許多較小的家族。流便支派因可拉的叛亂及其他變亂而大受減損〔Nu 16:1〕。
英語原文
7. These are the families of the Reubenites--the principal households, which were subdivided into numerous smaller families. Reuben had suffered great diminution by Korah's conspiracy and other outbreaks
[Nu 16:1].
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10. 地裂開口，把他們和可拉吞滅了——不如譯作「可拉的人」。（參
Nu 16:35；
與 Ps 106:17 對照）。
英語原文
10. the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah--rather, "the things of Korah." (See on
Nu 16:35;
compare
Ps 106:17).
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11. 然而可拉的眾子沒有死亡——他們或許並未參與其父的罪，或已及時悔改而退出。他的後裔在大衛時代聲名卓著，詩篇中屢屢提及〔Ps 42:1; 44:1; 45:1; 46:1; 47:1; 48:1; 49:1; 84:1; 85:1; 87:1; 88:1〕， 《歷代志上》亦有記載
1Ch 6:22, 38。
英語原文
11. Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not--Either they were not parties to their father's crime, or they withdrew from it by timely repentance. His descendants became famous in the time of David, and are often mentioned in the Psalms
[Ps 42:1; 44:1; 45:1; 46:1; 47:1; 48:1; 49:1; 84:1; 85:1; 87:1; 88:1],
also in
1Ch 6:22, 38.
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12. 西緬的眾子——推測這支派在巴力毗珥的罪上有分最多，因此人數大減。
如此，神的公義與聖潔，並祂的信實與誠實，都明顯地彰顯出來：在削減某些支派人數的掃蕩性刑罰中，彰顯祂的公義與聖潔；在另一些支派的奇異增長中，彰顯祂的信實與誠實，使以色列的後裔仍舊成為大國。
英語原文
12. The sons of Simeon--It is supposed that this tribe had been pre-eminent in the guilt of Baal-peor and had consequently been greatly reduced in numbers.
Thus God's justice and holiness, as well as His truth and faithfulness, were strikingly displayed: His justice and holiness in the sweeping judgments that reduced the ranks of some tribes; and His truth and faithfulness in the extraordinary increase of others so that the posterity of Israel continued a numerous people.
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53. 地要按名字的人數分為產業——各支派的產業要按其人口的多少而或大或小。
英語原文
53. the land shall be divided according to the number of names--The portion of each tribe was to be greater or less, according to its populousness.
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54. 人多的，你要把產業多分給他們——意即對人數較多的支派，要賜予較大的分地。
按被數的人數——即數點時二十歲以上的人數，不考慮到實際分地時可能達到該年齡者的增加，也不考慮在入侵戰爭中此數目的減少。
英語原文
54. To many thou shalt give the more inheritance--that is, to the more numerous tribes a larger allotment shall be granted.
according to those that were numbered--the number of persons twenty years old at the time of the census being made, without taking into account either the increase of those who might have attained that age, when the land should be actually distributed, or the diminution from that amount, occasioned during the war of invasion.
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55. 雖然如此，還要分地為業——訴諸鬮決並未將事情置於神的掌管之外；因為鬮在祂手中
（Pr 16:33），
祂已定了眾人居住的疆界。拈鬮的方式並未記載。但顯然拈鬮是為決定各支派當定居的那部分國土——而非其產業的數量。換言之，當鬮決定了某支派當定居於北或南、東或西之後，領土的大小便按規則分配
（Nu 26:54）。
英語原文
55. the land shall be divided by lot--The appeal to the lot did not place the matter beyond the control of God; for it is at His disposal
(Pr 16:33),
and He has fixed to all the bounds of their habitation. The manner in which the lot was taken has not been recorded. But it is evident that the lot was cast for determining the section of the country in which each tribe should be located--not the quantity of their possessions. In other words, when the lot had decided that a particular tribe was to be settled in the north or the south, the east or the west, the extent of territory was allocated according to the rule
(Nu 26:54).
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58. 利未的各族——這支派的戶口調查是單獨進行的，且與其他支派所依的原則不同。（參見
Ex 6:16-19。）
英語原文
58. families of the Levites--The census of this tribe was taken separately, and on a different principle from the rest. (See
Ex 6:16-19).
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62. 二萬三千——可見增加了一千
（Nu 3:39）。
一個月以上的男子——（參見
Nu 3:14。）
英語原文
62. twenty and three thousand--so that there was an increase of a thousand
(Nu 3:39).
males from a month old and upward--(See on
Nu 3:14).
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64. 但被數的人中，沒有一個是……在西乃的曠野所數的——本節的陳述不可當作絕對的。因為除了迦勒與約書亞之外，當時還有以利亞撒與以他瑪活著，並且很可能有利未支派中相當數目的人，並未參與百姓在曠野的背道。利未支派既沒有差遣探子進入迦南，也未包括在西乃的數點之內，便不屬於那致命判決的範圍；因此，在其他支派所看不到的景象，將在這支派中出現——其行列中有許多六十歲以上的人。
支派 第一章 第二十六章 增加 減少 流便 46,500 43,730 — 2,770 西緬 59,300 22,200 — 37,100 迦得 45,650 40,500 — 5,150 猶大 74,600 76,500 1,900 — 以薩迦 54,400 64,300 9,900 — 西布倫 57,400 60,500 3,100 — 以法蓮 40,500 32,500 — 8,000 瑪拿西 32,200 52,700 20,500 — 便雅憫 35,400 45,600 10,200 — 但 62,700 64,400 1,700 — 亞設 41,500 53,400 11,900 — 拿弗他利 53,400 45,400 — 8,000 總計 603,550 601,730 59,200 61,020
淨減少 1,820
英語原文
64. among these there was not a man . . . numbered . . . in the wilderness of Sinai--The statement in this verse must not be considered absolute. For, besides Caleb and Joshua, there were alive at this time Eleazar and Ithamar, and in all probability a considerable number of Levites, who had no participation in the popular defections in the wilderness. The tribe of Levi, having neither sent a spy into Canaan, nor being included in the enumeration at Sinai, must be regarded as not coming within the range of the fatal sentence; and therefore it would exhibit a spectacle not to be witnessed in the other tribes of many in their ranks above sixty years of age.
Tribes Chap. 1 Chap. 26 Increase Decrease Reuben 46,500 43,730
2,770 Simeon 59,300 22,200
37,100 Gad 45,650 40,500
5,150 Judah 74,600 76,500 1,900
Issachar 54,400 64,300 9,900
Zebulun 57,400 60,500 3,100
Ephraim 40,500 32,500
8,000 Manasseh 32,200 52,700 20,500
Benjamin 35,400 45,600 10,200
Dan 62,700 64,400 1,700
Asher 41,500 53,400 11,900
Naphtali 53,400 45,400
8,000 Total 603,550 601,730 59,200 61,020
Total decrease 1,820
Nu 26:1-51.
以色列人被數點
1. 瘟疫之後——那可畏的懲罰已將舊一代的餘民盡數除滅；神曾在怒中起誓，他們斷不得進入迦南
(Ps 95:11)。