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Deuteronomy 9:1
英文原文
The lesson of this chapter is exactly that of Ephesians 2:8, "By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."
In referring to their various rebellions, Moses here, as elsewhere, has regard not so much for the order of time as to that of subject. (Compare Deuteronomy 1:9-15 note.) Such reasons as convenience and fitness to his argument sufficiently explain the variations observable when the statements of this chapter are minutely compared with those of Exodus 32-34. In these variations we have simply such treatment of facts as is usual and warrantable between parties personally acquainted with the matters.
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Deuteronomy 9:3
你就要照耶和华所说的赶出他们，使他们速速灭亡 - 这与 Deuteronomy 7:22 并不矛盾；在那处经文里，基于所说明的理由，不应指望即刻的灭尽。在这里，摩西劝勉百姓信靠神照圣约所赐的帮助；因为神必不加迟延地灭绝他们所攻击的列国，使他们得以进入对应许的享受，而且其成全之迅速，恰与以色列自身的福祉相称。
英文原文
So shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly - This is not inconsistent with Deuteronomy 7:22, in which instant annihilation is not to be expected for the reasons assigned. Here Moses urges the people to trust in God's covenanted aid; since He would then make no delay in so destroying the nations attacked by them as to put them into enjoyment of the promises, and in doing so as fast as was for the well-being of Israel itself.
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Deuteronomy 9:8
在何烈山又惹耶和华发怒 - 更确切地说，应作“连在何烈山也是这样”。当时的时与境，使何烈山发生的背道尤其无可推诿。
英文原文
Also in Horeb - Rather, "even in Horeb." The time and circumstances made the apostasy at Horeb particularly inexcusable.
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Deuteronomy 9:18
像从前俯伏在耶和华面前 - 摩西第一次从山下来之前，曾为百姓代求（Exodus 32:11-13）。这代求在本节只是简略提及。此后，他又在山上度过了另一个四十日，以禁食祷告求得圣约的完全恢复（Exodus 34:28）。这里和 Deuteronomy 9:25-29 所特别提出的，正是这第二个四十日，以及摩西在其中所献的代求（参较 Exodus 34:9）。
英文原文
I fell down before the Lord, as at the first - Moses interceded for the people before he came down from the mountain the first time Exodus 32:11-13. This intercession is only briefly alluded to in this verse. Afterward he spent another 40 days on the mountain in fasting and prayer to obtain a complete restitution of the covenant Exodus 34:28. It is this second forty days, and the intercession of Moses made therein (compare Exodus 34:9), that is more particularly brought forward here and in Deuteronomy 9:25-29.
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Deuteronomy 9:20
以色列甚至不能夸口说，他们的首领与代表始终忠心。亚伦既已被指定承担大祭司的职分，却也与其余的百姓一同堕落了。因此，亚伦本人连同他所承受的祭司职分得以不被剪除，完全是出于神的恩典与摩西的代求；正如后来亚伦确因一次新的罪而必须死时，以色列仍因同样的缘故，得以立以利亚撒接续，使大祭司的职分延续下去（参较 Deuteronomy 10:6；Numbers 20:24-26）。
英文原文
Israel could not even boast that its heads and representatives continued, faithful. Aaron had been already designated for the high priestly functions; but he fell away with the rest of the people. It was due therefore solely to the grace of God and the intercession of Moses that Aaron himself and his promised priesthood with him were not cut off; just as at a later time, when Aaron had actually to die for a new sin Israel owed it still to the same causes that Eleazar was substituted and the High Priesthood perpetuated (compare Deuteronomy 10:6; Numbers 20:24-26).
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Deuteronomy 9:22
见旁注参考经文。他备拉是基博罗哈他瓦营地之内或附近一处地方的名称，因此在 Numbers 33:16 所列的营地清单中并没有出现。然而，在这里分别提及这两地是合宜的，因为每个地方、每个名字都是一次叛逆行为的纪念。本节与下一节所举的事例并非按发生的先后排列；说话的人为着自己的目的，从较轻的罪证逐步进到更恶劣的罪证。
英文原文
See the marginal reference. Taberah was the name of a spot in or near the station of Kibroth-hattaavah, and accordingly is not named in the list of encampments given in Numbers 33:16. The separate mention of the two is, however, appropriate here, for each place and each name was a memorial of an act of rebellion. The instances in this and the next verse are not given in order of occurrence. The speaker for his own purposes advances from the slighter to the more heinous proofs of guilt.
本章的教训正是以弗所书 2:8 的教训：“你们得救是本乎恩，也因着信；这并不是出于自己，乃是神所赐的；也不是出于行为，免得有人自夸。”
在提及他们的多次悖逆时，摩西在此处如同在别处一样，所顾及的是主题的顺序多于时间的顺序。（参 Deuteronomy 1:9-15 注。）仅凭叙述上的便利以及切合其论证这类理由，就足以解释将本章的叙述与出埃及记 32-34 章细加比较时所见的种种差异。在这些差异中，我们所看到的，不过是亲历其事之人之间通常采用、且属正当的事实处理方式。