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Joshua 24:1
英文原文
Shechem, situated between those mountains, Ebal and Gerizim, which had already been the scene of a solemn rehearsal of the covenant soon after the first entry of the people into the promised land Joshua 8:30-35, was a fitting scene for the solemn renewal on the part of the people of that covenant with God which had been on His part so signally and so fully kept. The spot itself suggested the allusions to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, etc., in Joshua's address; and its associations could not but give special force and moving effect to his appeals. This address was not made to the rulers only but to the whole nation, not of course to the tribes assembled in mass, but to their representatives.
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Joshua 24:2
大河那边——更妥的译法是”在河的那边”，即幼发拉底河。参见旁注。
他们事奉别神——可能就是那些”神像”，即家神像（teraphim）；他们的祖先拉班曾称这些为”他的神像”（参见旁注）；而且当约书亚说话的时候，百姓中似乎仍有一些暗中敬奉这些神像的人（Jos 24:14、Jos 24:25）。圣经并没有说亚伯拉罕本人是拜偶像的，虽然他的列祖是。犹太传统声称，亚伯拉罕在迦勒底的吾珥时，曾因憎恶偶像崇拜而受逼迫，因此蒙神呼召离开本地。经文提及这个民族列祖原先的境况，是要表明他们并不比别人强：神拣选他们，并非因他们有何长处，乃是完全出于祂自己的旨意。
英文原文
The other side of the flood - Better "On the other side of the river," i. e. the Euphrates. See the marginal reference.
They served other gods - Possibly the "images," or teraphim, which we find their ancestor Laban calling "his gods" (see the marginal reference); and of which it would seem that there were, as Joshua spoke, some secret devotees among the people Joshua 24:14, Joshua 24:25. It is not stated that Abraham himself was an idolater, though his fathers were. Jewish tradition asserts that Abraham while in Ur of the Chaldees was persecuted for his abhorrence of idolatry, and hence, was called away by God from his native land. The reference in the text to the original state of those who were the forefathers of the nation, is made to show that they were no better than others: God chose them not for their excellences but of His own mere motion.
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Joshua 24:15
“选择”——惟有出于心里自由而甘愿的效忠，才可能产生诚诚实实的事奉；因此，约书亚所劝邀的正是这一点，正如摩西在他以先所行的一样（Deuteronomy 30:15 及以下）。
英文原文
Choose - Service of God in sincerity and truth can only result from a free and willing allegiance of the heart. This accordingly is what Joshua invites, as Moses had done before him (Deuteronomy 30:15 ff).
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Joshua 24:25
与百姓立约——即他郑重地批准并更新了西奈之约，正如摩西在他以先所行的（Deuteronomy 29:1）。由于并未立定新的或不同的约，因此无需献祭。
英文原文
Made a covenant with the people - i. e. he solemnly ratified and renewed the covenant of Sinai, as Moses had done before him Deuteronomy 29:1. As no new or different covenant was made, no sacrifices were necessary.
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Joshua 24:26
请参较页边参照。
在耶和华的圣所旁边——即亚伯拉罕和雅各曾献祭敬拜的地方，他们的后裔完全有理由将这地方视为圣地或圣所。或许亚伯拉罕和雅各所筑的那座祭坛当时仍然留存。
英文原文
Consult the marginal references.
That was by the sanctuary of the Lord - i. e. the spot where Abraham and Jacob had sacrificed and worshipped, and which might well be regarded by their posterity as a holy place or sanctuary. Perhaps the very altar of Abraham and Jacob was still remaining.
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Joshua 24:33
（以利亚撒的安葬之地，Conder 认为不在 Tibneh，而是在村庄 'Awertah。）
英文原文
(Eleazar's burial-place is placed by Conder not at Tibneh but in the village of 'Awertah.)
示剑位于以巴路与基利心两山之间；百姓初进应许之地后不久，这两山已经是一次庄严宣读圣约的场所（Joshua 8:30-35），因此示剑正是百姓庄严更新那在神一方已被如此显著、如此完全地遵守之约的合适所在。这地点本身自然引出约书亚训言中对亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各等的提及；此地的种种关联，不能不使他的呼吁具有特殊的力量与感动人的效果。这篇训言不是只对官长说的，而是对全民说的——当然不是对聚集的全体会众，而是对他们的代表。