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Ex 18:1-27.
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Ex 18:1-27.
VISIT OF JETHRO.
1-5. Jethro . . . came . . . unto Moses, &c.--It is thought by many eminent commentators that this episode is inserted out of its chronological order, for it is described as occurring when the Israelites were "encamped at the mount of God." And yet they did not reach it till the third month after their departure from Egypt
(Ex 19:1, 2;
compare
De 1:6, 9-15).
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6. 和你的妻子，並兩個兒子——見
出 4:20。
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6. and thy wife, and her two sons--See
Ex 4:20.
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7. 摩西出去迎接他的岳父等語——他們的問安必帶有東方朋友之間一切熱烈而親切的禮節
（參 出 4:27）
——一方出去「迎接」另一方、「鞠躬」、在頭的兩側「親嘴」、然後默默進入帳中商談；他們的談話正如可由兩位敬虔之人所期待的——重述並聆聽上帝奇妙作為與旨意的敘述。
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7. Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, &c.--Their salutations would be marked by all the warm and social greetings of Oriental friends (see on
Ex 4:27)
--the one going out to "meet" the other, the "obeisance," the "kiss" on each side of the head, the silent entrance into the tent for consultation; and their conversation ran in the strain that might have been expected of two pious men, rehearsing and listening to a narrative of the wonderful works and providence of God.
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12. 葉忒羅……獻燔祭——這友善的會晤以一場莊嚴的宗教儀式作為結束——燔祭在壇上焚燒，祭牲是平安祭，用於喜樂與感恩的宴席；葉忒羅作為真上帝的祭司，似乎主持了這宴席，以色列的長老也受邀參加。這事件與當事人的品格十分相稱，很值得今日基督徒朋友相會時效法。
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12. Jethro . . . took a burnt offering--This friendly interview was terminated by a solemn religious service--the burnt offerings were consumed on the altar, and the sacrifices were peace offerings, used in a feast of joy and gratitude at which Jethro, as priest of the true God, seems to have presided, and to which the chiefs of Israel were invited. This incident is in beautiful keeping with the character of the parties, and is well worthy of the imitation of Christian friends when they meet in the present day.
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13-26. 第二天……摩西坐著審判百姓等語——我們在此看到他每日早晨職務的一個樣本；在他神聖使命所加諸的眾多職責中，這只不過是其公務的一小部分。他在這個姿態中，以基督在其立法與司法身分上的預表出現。
百姓從早到晚站在摩西的左右等語——東方的統治者坐在其宮殿或城市的最公共的門口，在那裏在申訴者的人群中聽案、接受請願、糾正弊端、並調停相爭雙方的權益。
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13-26. on the morrow . . . Moses sat to judge the people, &c.--We are here presented with a specimen of his daily morning occupations; and among the multifarious duties his divine legation imposed, it must be considered only a small portion of his official employments. He appears in this attitude as a type of Christ in His legislative and judicial characters.
the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening, &c.--Governors in the East seat themselves at the most public gate of their palace or the city, and there, amid a crowd of applicants, hear causes, receive petitions, redress grievances, and adjust the claims of contending parties.
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17. 摩西的岳父對他說：你這做的不好——無論對摩西自己、對維護公正、還是對百姓的滿意與利益，都不好。葉忒羅關於分工提出了審慎的建議
〔出 18:21, 22〕， 而教會與國家中普遍的經驗都證明了這原則的正確與優點。
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17. Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing . . . is not good--not good either for Moses himself, for the maintenance of justice, or for the satisfaction and interests of the people. Jethro gave a prudent counsel as to the division of labor
[Ex 18:21, 22],
and universal experience in the Church and State has attested the soundness and advantages of the principle.
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23. 你若這樣行等語——葉忒羅的建議僅以提議的形式提出；除非得到那位更好、更高之謀士的明確認可與批准，便不可採用；雖然我們未被告知，但無疑地，摩西在任命下級裁判官之前，會求問上帝的心意——正如每一位基督徒在一切道路上懇求上帝指引，是其本分與特權一樣。
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23. If thou shalt do this thing, &c.--Jethro's counsel was given merely in the form of a suggestion; it was not to be adopted without the express sanction and approval of a better and higher Counsellor; and although we are not informed of it, there can be no doubt that Moses, before appointing subordinate magistrates, would ask the mind of God, as it is the duty and privilege of every Christian in like manner to supplicate the divine direction in all his ways.
Ex 18:1-27.
葉忒羅的來訪。
1-5. 葉忒羅……來到……摩西那裏等語——許多傑出的學者認為這一段插曲是按其年代順序之外插入的，因為它被描述為發生於以色列人「在上帝的山安營」之時。然而他們直到離開埃及後第三個月才到達那裏
（Ex 19:1, 2；
比較 De 1:6, 9-15）。