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1Ch 23:1.
英文原文
1Ch 23:1.
DAVID MAKES SOLOMON KING.
1. when David was old . . . he made Solomon . . . king--This brief statement, which comprises the substance of
1Ki 1:32-48,
is made here solely to introduce an account of the preparations carried on by David during the latter years of his life for providing a national place of worship.
2
1Ch 23:2-6.
1Ch 23:2-6.
利未人的数目与分布
2. 他招聚以色列的众首领——一切关系公共利益的重大举措,都提交各支派代表的大会审议
(1Ch 13:1; 15:25; 22:17; 26:1-32)。
英文原文
1Ch 23:2-6.
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEVITES.
2. he gathered together all the princes of Israel--All important measures relating to the public interest were submitted for consideration to a general assembly of the representatives of the tribes
(1Ch 13:1; 15:25; 22:17; 26:1-32).
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3. 利未人……共有三万八千人——为摩西早期人口统计时其数目的四倍
(参
Nu 4:1-49;
26:1-51)。
很可能正是这一巨大增长,促成了大卫末年所作、由本章及随后三章所描述的那一分类,使其成为必要与合宜之举。
按着人名逐一计算——妇女与孩童不在其内。
英文原文
3. the Levites were numbered . . . thirty and eight thousand--Four times their number at the early census taken by Moses (see on
Nu 4:1-49;
26:1-51).
It was, in all likelihood, this vast increase that suggested and rendered expedient that classification, made in the last year of David's reign, which the present and three subsequent chapters describe.
by their polls, man by man--Women and children were not included.
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4. 有二万四千人管理耶和华殿的事——他们并非管理圣殿的一切事奉。利未人受祭司管辖,其地位又高于尼提宁及其他不属利未族裔的仆役。但他们被分派若干职责范围,其中一部分在此说明。
英文原文
4. twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord--They were not to preside over all the services of the temple. The Levites were subject to the priests, and they were superior to the Nethinim and other servants, who were not of the race of Levi. But they had certain departments of duty assigned, some of which are here specified.
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5. 用我所制造的乐器颂赞耶和华——大卫似乎发明了许多用于圣殿的乐器
(Am 6:5)。
英文原文
5. praised the Lord with the instruments which I made--David seems to have been an inventor of many of the musical instruments used in the temple
(Am 6:5).
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6. 大卫将他们分班,归在利未的子孙中——这些按其宗族加以列举,但此处所述不过是为办理与耶和华殿有关之事的那二万四千人。这些利未人的宗族,与他们[JOSEPHUS, Antiquities]
以及祭司所分的班次相对应
(参
1Ch 24:20-31;
1Ch 26:20-28)。
英文原文
6. David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi--These are enumerated according to their fathers' houses, but no more of these are mentioned here than the twenty-four thousand who were engaged in the work connected with the Lord's house. The fathers' houses of those Levites corresponded with the classes into which they [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities] as well as the priests were divided (see on
1Ch 24:20-31;
1Ch 26:20-28).
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1Ch 23:7-11.
1Ch 23:7-11.
革顺的子孙
7-11. 革顺人——他们有九个父家,六家出自拉但,三家出自示每。
英文原文
1Ch 23:7-11.
SONS OF GERSHON.
7-11. the Gershonites--They had nine fathers' houses, six descended from Laadan, and three from Shimei.
12
1Ch 23:12-20.
1Ch 23:12-20.
哥辖
12. 哥辖的儿子——他是九个利未宗族的创立者。
英文原文
1Ch 23:12-20.
OF KOHATH.
12. The sons of Kohath--He was the founder of nine Levitical fathers' houses.
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13. 亚伦是分别出来——作为大祭司
(参
1Ch 25:1-19)。
英文原文
13. Aaron was separated--as high priest (see on
1Ch 25:1-19).
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14. 论到摩西——他的儿子们与一般的利未人同列,却未被纳入那受任特别祭司职任的利未后裔的特殊部分。
英文原文
14. concerning Moses--His sons were ranked with the Levites generally, but not introduced into the distinctive portion of the descendants of Levi, who were appointed to the special functions of the priesthood.
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1Ch 23:21-23.
1Ch 23:21-23.
米拉利
21-23. 米拉利的儿子——他们包括六个父家。总合而言,革顺创立了九个父家,哥辖九个,米拉利六个:共二十四个。
英文原文
1Ch 23:21-23.
OF MERARI.
21-23. The sons of Merari--They comprised six fathers' houses. Summing them together, Gershon founded nine fathers houses, Kohath nine, and Merari six: total, twenty-four.
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1Ch 23:24-32.
1Ch 23:24-32.
利未人的职任
24-27. 这些人都是利未的子孙……办事的……从二十岁以外的——利未人的统计是大卫
(1Ch 23:3)
按摩西所循的同一规则——即从三十岁起
(Nu 4:3)
——进行的。但他后来认为这一规则可以有益地放宽,利未人为其本职的登记可从二十岁开始。约柜与会幕如今既已定居耶路撒冷,利未人的劳役便大大减轻,因为他们不再须将沉重的器具从一处搬运到另一处。三万八千名利未人(不含祭司)用于会幕的日常事奉,无疑绰绰有余。但这位敬虔的王认为,在事奉神的事上尽可能多用职员,将有助于主的荣耀。然而大卫所立的这些初步规则只是暂时的,因为约柜既已安放在锡安的帐幕中,后来的安排便大不相同。
英文原文
1Ch 23:24-32.
OFFICE OF THE LEVITES.
24-27. These were the sons of Levi . . . that did the work . . . from the age of twenty years and upward--The enumeration of the Levites was made by David
(1Ch 23:3)
on the same rule as that followed by Moses
(Nu 4:3),
namely, from thirty years. But he saw afterwards that this rule might be beneficially relaxed, and that the enrolment of Levites for their proper duties might be made from twenty years of age. The ark and tabernacle being now stationary at Jerusalem, the labor of the Levites was greatly diminished, as they were no longer obliged to transport its heavy furniture from place to place. The number of thirty-eight thousand Levites, exclusive of priests, was doubtless more than sufficient for the ordinary service of the tabernacle. But this pious king thought that it would contribute to the glory of the Lord to employ as many officers in his divine service as possible. These first rules, however, which David instituted, were temporary, as very different arrangements were made after the ark had been deposited in the tabernacle of Zion.
1Ch 23:1.
大卫立所罗门为王
1. 大卫年纪老迈……就立所罗门……为王——这一简短的陈述,概括了
1Ki 1:32-48
的内容,在此记下,完全是为了引出关于大卫晚年为建造国家敬拜之所而进行的预备工作的记述。