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Joshua Capítulo 18
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Jos 18:1.
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Jos 18:1.
THE TABERNACLE SET UP AT SHILOH.
1. the whole congregation . . . assembled together at Shiloh--The main body of the Israelites had been diminished by the separation of the three tribes, Judah, Ephraim, and Manasseh into their respective allotments; and the country having been in a great measure subdued, the camp was removed to Shiloh (now Seilun). It was twenty or twenty-five miles north of Jerusalem, twelve north of Beth-el, and ten south of Shechem, and embosomed in a rugged and romantic glen. This sequestered spot in the heart of the country might have been recommended by the dictates of convenience. There the allotment of the territory could be most conveniently made, north, south, east, and west, to the different tribes. But "the tabernacle of the congregation was also set up there," and its removal therefore must have been made or sanctioned by divine intimation
(De 12:11).
It remained in Shiloh for more than three hundred years
(1Sa 4:1-11).
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Jos 18:2-9.
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書 18:2-9。
餘下之地概述
2. 還剩下……七個支派沒有分給他們地業——選定示羅為敬拜之所，並隨之將軍營遷到那裏，必然中斷了拈鬮分地的工作；先前分地是為猶大和約瑟的支派劃定地方。多種原因導致恢復分地一事長期耽擱。百姓對遷到如此宜人肥沃之地感到滿足、他們偏愛遊牧生活、貪圖安逸、不願重開戰端，這些似乎都使他們冷淡於擁有固定的產業。但約書亞深感主所交付的責任，不願任由局面如此下去；既然那地已被大致征服，他決意立即推進拈鬮，相信每個支派一旦得到自己的產業，就會產生新的動力，激勵他們竭力奪取完全的佔有。
Original em inglês
Jos 18:2-9.
THE REMAINDER OF THE LAND DESCRIBED.
2. there remained . . . seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance--The selection of Shiloh for the seat of worship, together with the consequent removal of the camp thither, had necessarily interrupted the casting of lots, which was commenced by fixing localities for the tribes of Judah and Joseph. Various causes led to a long delay in resuming it. The satisfaction of the people with their change to so pleasant and fertile a district, their preference of a nomad life, a love of ease, and reluctance to renew the war, seem to have made them indifferent to the possession of a settled inheritance. But Joshua was too much alive to the duty laid on him by the Lord to let matters continue in that state; and accordingly, since a general conquest of the land had been made, he resolved to proceed immediately with the lot, believing that when each tribe should receive its inheritance, a new motive would arise to lead them to exert themselves in securing the full possession.
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3. 你們耽延不去得耶和華你們列祖的神所賜你們為業之地，要到幾時呢——這番責備給人的印象是：那七個支派怠延不行，已經到了近乎犯罪的地步。
Original em inglês
3. How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you--This reproof conveys an impression that the seven tribes were dilatory to a criminal extent.
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4-9. 你們每支派當揀選三個人——拈鬮雖能決定各支派當得之地所在，卻不能決定其所需地業的廣狹；約瑟的子孫既因所得的產業嫌小而心生不滿，便有理由擔心若不預先設法公平分配全地，別處也會生出怨言。為此便委派了一個二十一人組成的委員會——從尚未得地為業的七個支派中各選三人，去詳細勘測那地。
Original em inglês
4-9. Give out from among you three men for each tribe--Though the lot determined the part of the country where each tribe was to be located, it could not determine the extent of territory which might be required; and the dissatisfaction of the children of Joseph with the alleged smallness of their possession gave reason to fear that complaints might arise from other quarters, unless precautions were taken to make a proper distribution of the land. For this purpose a commission was given to twenty-one persons--three chosen from each of the seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance, to make an accurate survey of the country.
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9. 那些人就去了，走遍那地，按著城邑分作七分，寫在冊子上——即按着地的價值，以及其中城邑的貴賤，將全地分為七等份。這絕非輕省之事。它所需要的學問與才智，他們或其師長大概是出埃及時隨身帶來的。因此約瑟夫說，勘測之事是由精通幾何之人完成的。事實上，對各支派境界與位置所記載的那樣詳盡，足以證明這絕非平庸之輩或外行之人所能為。
Original em inglês
9. The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book--dividing the land according to its value, and the worth of the cities which it contained, into seven equal portions. This was no light task to undertake. It required learning and intelligence which they or their instructors had, in all probability, brought with them out of Egypt. Accordingly, JOSEPHUS says that the survey was performed by men expert in geometry. And, in fact, the circumstantial account which is given of the boundaries of each tribe and its situation, well proves it to have been the work of no mean or incompetent hands.
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Jos 18:10.
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書 18:10。
拈鬮分地
10. 約書亞就在示羅耶和華面前為他們拈鬮——即在會幕之前，那是神同在顯現之處，如此便使拈鬮與神聖認可的意念相連。
Original em inglês
Jos 18:10.
DIVIDED BY LOT.
10. Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord--before the tabernacle, where the divine presence was manifested, and which associated with the lot the idea of divine sanction.
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11. 便雅憫的鬮……拈出來了——有人推測，拈鬮時所用的甕或器皿有兩個：一個裝着各支派的名字，另一個裝着那七份地的名字；二者同時抽出。
他們的地業在猶大人 和約瑟子孫中間出來——如此，摩西論便雅憫得業的預言便奇妙地應驗了。
(參
申 33:12)。
Original em inglês
11. the lot of . . . Benjamin came up--It has been supposed that there were two urns or vessels, from which the lots were drawn: one containing the names of the tribes, the other containing those of the seven portions; and that the two were drawn out simultaneously.
the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph--Thus the prophecy of Moses respecting the inheritance of Benjamin was remarkably accomplished. (See on
De 33:12).
書 18:1。
會幕設於示羅
1. 以色列的全會眾……都聚集在示羅——以色列人的主力，因猶大、以法蓮、瑪拿西三支派分別進入各自地業而有所減少；那地既已大體被征服，營盤便遷到示羅（即今 Seilun）。它在耶路撒冷以北二十至二十五英里、伯特利以北十二英里、示劍以南十英里之處，深藏於一道崎嶇而別具風光的峽谷之中。這一全地腹地的幽僻之處，也許是因便利的考慮而被選中的。在那裏，把地業分給各支派——北、南、東、西——最為方便。但「會幕也設在那裏」，所以會幕的搬遷必是出於神的指示，或至少經神認可
(申 12:11)。
會幕留在示羅三百多年
(撒上 4:1-11)。