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Numbers 27:1
英文原文
Women in Israel had not, up to the present time, enjoyed any distinct right of inheritance. Yet a father, whether sons had been born to him or not, had the power, either before or at his death, to cause part of his estate to pass to a daughter; in which case her husband married into her family rather than she into his, and the children were regarded as of the family from which the estate had come. Thus, Machir, ancestor of Zelophehad, although he had a son Gilead, left also, as is probable, an inheritance to his daughter, the wife of Hezron of the tribe of Judah, by reason of which their descendants, among whom was Jair, were reckoned as belonging to the tribe of Manasseh (Numbers 32:41; 1 Chronicles 2:21 ff).
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Numbers 27:2
“在会幕门口”——这是众长老严肃集会之处。西罗非哈的女儿们向正在摩西和以利亚撒监督下进行人口统计的官长们，即各支派和各宗族的首领，提出她们的请求。
英文原文
By the door of the tabernacle of the congregation - The place of solemn assembly of the elders. The daughters of Zelophehad made their suit to the princes, the heads of tribes and of families, who were making the census under the superintendence of Moses and Eleazar.
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Numbers 27:3
“在自己罪中死的”——意即在临到全体上一代、将他们排除于应许之地以外的那一般性判决之下灭亡；而这判决唯独限于那一代人。西罗非哈的女儿们依据 Numbers 14:31 的宣告，主张她们父亲的罪不应追讨到她们身上。
英文原文
But died in his own sin - i. e., perished under the general sentence of exclusion from the land of promise passed on all the older generation, but limited to that generation alone. By virtue of the declaration in Numbers 14:31 the daughters of Zelophehad claim that their father's sin should not be visited upon them.
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Numbers 27:4
“求赐给我们”——这话是作为我们父亲的代表而说的；好让他借着我们这些代表，与他弟兄们同得一样的产业。
英文原文
Give unto us - As representing our father; that so he, through us his representatives, may enjoy a like inheritance with his brethren.
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Numbers 27:12
"亚巴琳山"——见 Numbers 21:20 的注释。
英文原文
Mount Abarim - See Numbers 21:20 note.
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Numbers 27:16
"万人之灵的神"——这是承认：人不过是血肉之躯（参 Genesis 6:3），靠自己一无所能，乃是在神里面"生活、动作、存留"（Acts 17:28）。这些话用在这里十分恰当，用以引出恳求神不要让会众没有引导者和领袖的祈愿；而在 Numbers 16:22 中，则用作代求的开场白，求神不要因少数人的罪使全民受苦。
英文原文
The God of the spirits of all flesh - An acknowledgment that man, who is but flesh (compare Genesis 6:3), is of himself helpless; and "lives and moves and has his being" in God Acts 17:28. The words are suitably employed here to introduce an entreaty that God would not leave the congregation without a guide and leader, and in Numbers 16:22 as a preface to an intercession that the whole people should not suffer for the sin of a, few.
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Numbers 27:18
"心中有圣灵的"——参 Genesis 41:38。约书亚已蒙神赋予担任这职分所需的属灵资格。然而摩西仍要按手在他身上，既为授予正式而公开的任命，也为印证并坚固那已经赐下的属灵恩赐（参 Deuteronomy 34:9）。里面预先领受的恩典，并不免去外面领受记号的必要；可比较哥尼流的事（Acts 10:44-48），以及保罗奇妙归主后受洗的事（Acts 9:18）。
英文原文
In whom is the spirit Compare Genesis 41:38. Joshua was endowed by God with the requisite spiritual qualifications for the office. Moses howerer, was to lay his hands upon him, both in order to confer formal and public appointment, and also (compare Deuteronomy 34:9) to confirm and strengthen the spiritual gifts already bestowed. The previous reception of the inner grace did not dispense with that of the outward sign; compare the case of Cornelius Acts 10:44-48; and Paul's baptism after his miraculous conversion Acts 9:18.
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Numbers 27:20
“你的尊荣”——意即：你的威严与权柄的一部分（参 Numbers 11:17、Numbers 11:28）。约书亚被设立为摩西直接辖下的副领袖，以此作为他在摩西死后成为最高领袖的预备与引介。
英文原文
Of thine honor - i. e., of thy dignity and authority (compare Numbers 11:17, Numbers 11:28). Joshua was constituted immediately vice-leader under Moses, by way of introduction to his becoming chief after Moses' death.
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Numbers 27:21
“他要站在祭司以利亚撒面前……”——如此，约书亚的地位便低于摩西从前所有的地位。因为摩西享有与神不受限制地直接交通的特权；而约书亚则与以色列日后的历任统治者一样，只能借着大祭司，并借着交托在大祭司手中那些求问神的方式，间接地寻求指示。约书亚与基遍人仓促立约之时，似乎就没有寻求这样的指示（Joshua 9:3 ff.）。
“乌陵的判断”——见 Exodus 28:30 注。
英文原文
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest ... - Joshua was thus to be inferior to what Moses had been. For Moses had enjoyed the privilege of unrestricted direct contact with God: Joshua, like all future rulers of Israel, was to ask counsel mediately, through the High Priest and those means of inquiring of God wherewith the high priest was entrusted. Such counsel Joshua seems to have omitted to seek when he concluded his hasty treaty with the Gibeonites (Joshua 9:3 ff).
Judgment of Urim - See Exodus 28:30 note.
迄今为止，以色列的妇女尚未享有明确的继承权。然而，父亲无论有没有儿子，都有权在生前或临终之时使自己的部分产业归给女儿；在这种情形下，乃是丈夫入赘女儿的家门，而不是女儿嫁入夫家，所生的儿女也被视为产业所出自的那个家族的人。因此，西罗非哈的先祖玛吉虽然有一个儿子基列，大概也把产业留给了他的女儿，即犹大支派希斯仑的妻子；为此，他们的后裔——其中包括睚珥——都被算为玛拿西支派的人（Numbers 32:41；1 Chronicles 2:21及以下）。