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Exodus Capítulo 4
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Ex 4:1-31.
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Ex 4:1-31.
MIRACULOUS CHANGE OF THE ROD, &c.
1. But, behold--Hebrew, "If," "perhaps," "they will not believe me."--What evidence can I produce of my divine mission? There was still a want of full confidence, not in the character and divine power of his employer, but in His presence and power always accompanying him. He insinuated that his communication might be rejected and he himself treated as an impostor.
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2. 耶和華說……你手裏是甚麼？——這問題不是為獲取上帝所需的信息而發，而是要特別吸引摩西的注意。
一根杖——大概是牧人的杖——在阿拉伯人中，是一根長杖，杖頭彎曲，長度從三至六英呎不等。
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2. the Lord said, . . . What is that in thine hand?--The question was put not to elicit information which God required, but to draw the particular attention of Moses.
A rod--probably the shepherd's crook--among the Arabs, a long staff, with a curved head, varying from three to six feet in length.
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6. 把手放在懷裏——即他外袍開口的部分，穿著時繫在腰間。
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6. Put now thine hand into thy bosom--the open part of his outer robe, worn about the girdle.
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9. 從河裏取些水——即尼羅河。那些神蹟——兩件在當時施行、第三件在他到達歌珊時施行——起初是為了激勵他，作為其神聖使命的滿意證據，並要在以色列人面前重複，作為其使命的特別印證。
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9. take of the water of the river--Nile. Those miracles, two of which were wrought then, and the third to be performed on his arrival in Goshen, were at first designed to encourage him as satisfactory proofs of his divine mission, and to be repeated for the special confirmation of his embassy before the Israelites.
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10-13. 我不是能言的人——據推測，摩西天生有說話的缺陷，或在用埃及語言流利表達其思想上有困難——這語言他已久未使用。這個新的反對理由也被駁回，但摩西既預見這事業的多重困難，仍急於擺脫這責任。
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10-13. I am not eloquent--It is supposed that Moses labored under a natural defect of utterance or had a difficulty in the free and fluent expression of his ideas in the Egyptian language, which he had long disused. This new objection was also overruled, but still Moses, who foresaw the manifold difficulties of the undertaking, was anxious to be freed from the responsibility.
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14. 耶和華向摩西發怒——上帝不受情緒激動的支配；但祂的不悅表現在將祭司職任的尊榮——否則將會賜給摩西——轉移給亞倫；亞倫從此被定為利未家的首領
（代上 23:13）。 祂對待摩西的降卑與忍耐何等奇妙；如今最後一點顧慮也因這出乎意料而受歡迎的消息——其兄亞倫將作他的同伴——而消除了。上帝從起初就知道摩西會怎樣做，但祂將這動機保留到最後，作為喚醒他沉滯之心的最強力量；摩西如今完全而甘心地順從了呼召。我們若驚訝他在這一切所賜的記號與應許之中仍如此退縮，便必欽佩他在記錄此事上的坦白與誠實。
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14. the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses--The Divine Being is not subject to ebullitions of passion; but His displeasure was manifested by transferring the honor of the priesthood, which would otherwise have been bestowed on Moses, to Aaron, who was from this time destined to be the head of the house of Levi
(1Ch 23:13).
Marvellous had been His condescension and patience in dealing with Moses; and now every remaining scruple was removed by the unexpected and welcome intelligence that his brother Aaron was to be his colleague. God knew from the beginning what Moses would do, but He reserves this motive to the last as the strongest to rouse his languid heart, and Moses now fully and cordially complied with the call. If we are surprised at his backwardness amidst all the signs and promises that were given him, we must admire his candor and honesty in recording it.
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18. 摩西回到葉忒羅那裏——他既在葉忒羅的服事中，理當取得其同意；但摩西在其敬虔、謙卑與審慎上，並未透露此行的特別目的。
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18. Moses . . . returned to Jethro--Being in his service, it was right to obtain his consent, but Moses evinced piety, humility, and prudence, in not divulging the special object of his journey.
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19. 尋索你命的人都死了——埃及君王的死亡發生在希伯來人寄居那地的第四百二十九年；按埃及法律，那事件便撤銷了對摩西的追緝——若它曾公開發布的話。
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19. all the men are dead which sought thy life--The death of the Egyptian monarch took place in the four hundred and twenty-ninth year of the Hebrew sojourn in that land, and that event, according to the law of Egypt, took off his proscription of Moses, if it had been publicly issued.
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20. 摩西就帶著妻子和兩個兒子，讓他們騎上驢——七十士譯本作「驢」（複數）。如今在西奈曠野，除了阿拉伯人短途使用外，這些動物不再被使用。
回去了——踏上往埃及的旅程。
他手裏拿著上帝的杖——如此稱呼，因為它被專用於上帝的事奉，也因為它可能用以施行的任何神蹟，都不是憑其內在的屬性，而是憑隨其使用而來的上帝大能
（比較 徒 3:12）。
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20. Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass--Septuagint, "asses." Those animals are not now used in the desert of Sinai except by the Arabs for short distances.
returned--entered on his journey towards Egypt.
he took the rod of God--so called from its being appropriated to His service, and because whatever miracles it might be employed in performing would be wrought not by its inherent properties, but by a divine power following on its use. (Compare
Ac 3:12).
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24. 住宿的地方——希伯來文「夜間歇腳處」。
耶和華遇見他，想要殺他——即他或被精神上的痛苦所壓倒，或被突發的危險疾病所襲。這段敘述隱晦，但其意思似乎是：他在病中被引導嚴格自省，因想到自己為討好妻子而推遲或疏忽了一個兒子——大概是幼子——的割禮，而深感痛心憂傷。輕忽那盟約的記號與印記，在任何希伯來人都是犯罪，在一位被定為希伯來人的領袖與拯救者身上尤其如此；他似乎覺得這病是對其有罪之疏忽的應得懲罰。西坡拉為丈夫的安全擔憂，克服了對這痛苦儀式的母性厭惡，親手用那地區盛產的鋒利火石之一，完成了本該由丈夫履行卻無力施行的手術；並帶來帶血的證據，在痛苦的激情中呼喊：因愛他她冒了孩子性命的危險〔CALVIN, BULLINGER, ROSENMULLER〕。
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24. inn--Hebrew, "a halting place for the night."
the Lord met him, and sought to kill him--that is, he was either overwhelmed with mental distress or overtaken by a sudden and dangerous malady. The narrative is obscure, but the meaning seems to be, that, led during his illness to a strict self-examination, he was deeply pained and grieved at the thought of having, to please his wife, postponed or neglected the circumcision of one of his sons, probably the younger. To dishonor that sign and seal of the covenant was criminal in any Hebrew, peculiarly so in one destined to be the leader and deliverer of the Hebrews; and he seems to have felt his sickness as a merited chastisement for his sinful omission. Concerned for her husband's safety, Zipporah overcomes her maternal feelings of aversion to the painful rite, performs herself, by means of one of the sharp flints with which that part of the desert abounds, an operation which her husband, on whom the duty devolved, was unable to do, and having brought the bloody evidence, exclaimed in the painful excitement of her feelings that from love to him she had risked the life of her child [CALVIN, BULLINGER, ROSENMULLER].
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26. 這樣耶和華才放了他——摩西得以痊愈；但一生中這段危急時刻的記憶，必激發這位希伯來立法者，當割禮被設立為以色列人屬神的典章，並成為他們作為一個民族獨特標記之後，忠實地督促人遵守。
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26. So he let him go--Moses recovered; but the remembrance of this critical period in his life would stimulate the Hebrew legislator to enforce a faithful attention to the rite of circumcision when it was established as a divine ordinance in Israel, and made their peculiar distinction as a people.
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27. 亞倫在上帝的山遇見摩西，和他親嘴——經過四十年的離別，兄弟重逢，彼此必然歡欣。阿拉伯朋友今日在曠野中相遇時的問候亦復如此；雙頰各受一吻，尤為顯眼。
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27. Aaron met him in the mount of God, and kissed him--After a separation of forty years, their meeting would be mutually happy. Similar are the salutations of Arab friends when they meet in the desert still; conspicuous is the kiss on each side of the head.
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29-31. 摩西亞倫去——往埃及去，西坡拉和她的兒子們已被打發回去了（參
出 18:2）。
招聚了……眾長老——亞倫作發言人，摩西行所指定的奇蹟——藉此「百姓」（即長老們）信了
（王上 17:24； 書 3:2），
並以虔誠的感恩領受摩西此行所帶來的喜信。從前他們輕忽這信息、拒絕這使者。從前摩西憑己力而行；如今他倚靠上帝而去，只因信靠那差他來的上帝而剛強。以色列人也已學到有益的功課；他們受過苦，於彼此都是好事。
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29-31. Moses and Aaron went--towards Egypt, Zipporah and her sons having been sent back. (Compare
Ex 18:2).
gathered . . . all the elders--Aaron was spokesman, and Moses performed the appointed miracles--through which "the people" (that is, the elders) believed
(1Ki 17:24; Jos 3:2)
and received the joyful tidings of the errand on which Moses had come with devout thanksgiving. Formerly they had slighted the message and rejected the messenger. Formerly Moses had gone in his own strength; now he goes leaning on God, and strong only through faith in Him who had sent him. Israel also had been taught a useful lesson, and it was good for both that they had been afflicted.
Ex 4:1-31.
杖的神蹟變化等。
1. 但看哪——希伯來文「若」、「也許」、「他們必不信我」——我能提出甚麼證據證明我的神聖使命呢？他仍未完全信靠——不是不信其呼召者的品格與上帝的大能，而是不信祂的同在與大能會常伴隨他。他暗示他的信息可能被拒絕，自己也可能被當作騙子對待。