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Numbers 7:1
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英文原文
On the day that - i. e. "at the time that," compare Genesis 2:4. The presentation of the gifts in fact occupied twelve days, as the sequel shows.
The enactments set forth in the chapters from Leviticus 10 to Numbers 6 inclusive, were doubtless promulgated at various times between the consecration of the tabernacle and the departure from Sinai, but are for convenience set out connectedly. The contents of the present chapter are accordingly placed after them. The order pursued throughout is justly noted as one which would naturally suggest itself to a narrator who was contemporary with the events.
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Numbers 7:3
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“有篷的车”——有人则倾向于译作“驮轿”之车(Isaiah 66:20):即并非装有车轮,而是由两头牛(一前一后)驮抬的轿子。在将要穿越的崎岖地带,这种运输工具或许比带轮的车更为便利。
英文原文
Covered wagons - Some prefer to render "litter Isaiah 66:20 wagons:" i. e. litters which were not on wheels, but borne by two oxen, one in front and one behind. Such conveyances would probably be more convenient than wheeled wagons in the rough country to be traversed.
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Numbers 7:7
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革顺人负责搬运帐幕的幔子和盖物,分得两辆车;米拉利人负责帐幕的坚固构件,分得四辆车。器具和器皿则由哥辖人用自己的肩头扛抬。参较 Numbers 3:25-26、Numbers 3:31、Numbers 3:36-37。
英文原文
To the Gershonites, who had to transport the hangings and coverings of the tabernacle, two wagons are assigned: to the Merarites, who had the charge of the solid parts of the tabernacle, four wagons. The furniture and vessels the Kohathites were to carry on their own shoulders. Compare Numbers 3:25-26, Numbers 3:31, Numbers 3:36-37.
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Numbers 7:12
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众首领按 Numbers 2 为各支派所指定的次序献上礼物。这些礼物无疑是由各支派自己借他们的首领呈上的。十二份供物完全相同,分十二日各自献上。
英文原文
The several princes make their offerings in the order assigned to the tribes Numbers 2. It was doubtless the tribes themselves which presented these gifts through their chiefs. The twelve offerings are strictly alike, and were offered on twelve separate days.
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Numbers 7:84
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全部供物按重量计算的总价值约为英币438英镑。但若按当时的衣食价格衡量,这笔款项的实际价值必定远大于此。
英文原文
The aggregate worth, by weight, of the whole of the offerings was about 438 British pounds: But the real worth of such a sum, when measured by the prices of clothing and food at that time, must have been vastly greater.
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Numbers 7:89
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“与他说话”——即如边注所示,是“与神”说话,而不是(如有些人所想的)与他自己说话。
“听见说话的声音”——更宜译作:他听见那说话的、或交谈的声音。其效果就如同摩西确实听见另一个人出声对他说话一般;至于这效果是如何产生的,经文并未告诉我们。
这样,Exodus 25:20-22 的应许就得了应验;而且这是神对众支派甘心乐意献上礼物、供给圣所及其事奉所需一切的即时回应。如今,一切都照神所指定的完成了,营也得了洁净,神就迎见百姓的中保摩西——不再像从前那样在遥远的西奈山顶上,而是在他们中间,在他从此俯允居住的居所里。
英文原文
With him - i. e. as marginal, "with God," not (as some) with himself.
He heard the voice of one speaking - Rather, he heard the voice speaking, or conversing. The effect was as though Moses was audibly addressed by another person: how this effect was produced we are not told.
Thus was the promise of Exodus 25:20-22 fulfilled; and that as an immediate response on the part of God to the cheerful readiness with which the tribes had made their offerings, and supplied everything needful for the Holy place and its service. All being now complete as God had appointed, and the camp purified from defilements, God meets Moses the mediator of the people, not as before on the peak of Sinai far away, but in the midst of them, in the dwelling-place which He henceforth vouchsafed to tenant.
“那一天”——意即“在那期间”(参 Genesis 2:4)。如下文所示,献礼之事实际上历时十二天。
从 Leviticus 10 到 Numbers 6 各章所载的规条,无疑是在会幕奉献礼与离开西奈之间的不同时间陆续颁布的,但为方便起见而连续地编排在一起。本章的内容因此被置于这些规条之后。全书通篇所采用的顺序,被公允地评价为与这些事件同时代的叙述者自然会想到的顺序。