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Joshua 23:1
简体中文
영문 원문
This and the next chapter contain the last addresses of Joshua. These addresses were no doubt among the closing acts of Joshua's life, but were evidently given on different occasions, and are of different character and scope. In the former Joshua briefly reminds the princes of the recent benefits of God toward them and their people, declares that God had fulfilled all His promises, and exhorts to faithfulness on their side to God that so His mercies may not be withdrawn: in the latter he takes a wider range, rehearses the gracious dealings of God with the nation from its very origin, and upon these as his grounds, he claims for God their sincere and entire service. But he grants them the option of withdrawing from the covenant if they so choose; and when they elect still to abide by it, it is solemnly renewed by the free consent of the whole people. Joshua's reproofs and warnings are in sum and substance identical with those with which Moses closed his career (Deuteronomy 31, etc.). Compare throughout the marginal references.
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Joshua 23:2
简体中文
“以色列众人，和他们的长老”——“和”字当删去，因为希伯来文中并没有这字。意思是：约书亚召集了由长老等人所代表的全体以色列人到他那里（Deuteronomy 1:15）。这次聚集大概是在示罗的会幕举行的。
영문 원문
All Israel, and for their elders - Omit "and," which is not in the Hebrew. The meaning is that Joshua summoned to him all Israel as represented by its elders, etc. Deuteronomy 1:15. This gathering probably took place at the tabernacle at Shiloh.
本章与下一章包含约书亚最后的几篇训言。这些训言无疑属于约书亚生平最后的作为，但显然是在不同场合发表的，性质与范围也各不相同。在前一篇中，约书亚向首领们简短地提醒神近来向他们和他们百姓所施的恩惠，宣告神已应验他的一切应许，并劝勉他们这一方对神忠心，好叫他的怜悯不致收回；在后一篇中，他涉及更广的范围，追述神自这民族起源以来对它所施的一切恩惠作为，并以这些为根据，要求他们向神献上真诚而完全的事奉。但他也准许他们若愿意便可退出这约；当他们表示仍愿守约时，这约便在全体百姓自由同意之下庄严地更新。约书亚的责备与警告，就其总纲与实质而言，与摩西结束其一生时所说的相同（Deuteronomy 31 等）。请通篇比较页边注。