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De 27:1-10.
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英文原文
De 27:1-10.
THE PEOPLE ARE TO WRITE THE LAW UPON STONES.
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2. 你們過約旦河的那日——"日"常用來指"時候"；實際上，是在過河之後數日，下列指示才被執行。
你要立起大石頭，墁上石灰——這些石頭要在天然狀態下取用，未經鑿打、未經打磨——因為使用它們的場合不允許長時間或精細的準備；石頭上要塗以顏料或石灰水，使其更顯眼。在埃及和西奈半島，至今仍可見到刻有銘文的石頭甚至岩石，銘文是用顏料或石灰塗抹而成，距今已有三千年。那些石頭可能用類似的方法刻上字，而摩西很可能是從埃及人那裡學到這門技藝的。
英文原文
2. it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan--"Day" is often put for "time"; and it was not till some days after the passage that the following instructions were acted upon.
thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister--These stones were to be taken in their natural state, unhewn, and unpolished--the occasion on which they were used not admitting of long or elaborate preparation; and they were to be daubed over with paint or whitewash, to render them more conspicuous. Stones and even rocks are seen in Egypt and the peninsula of Sinai, containing inscriptions made three thousand years ago, in paint or plaister. By some similar method those stones may have been inscribed, and it is most probable that Moses learned the art from the Egyptians.
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3. 要將這律法的一切話寫在上面——有人以為所寫的是十誡；但更大的可能是"祝福與咒詛"，事實上它們正是律法的撮要
(書 8:34)。
英文原文
3. thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law--It might be, as some think, the Decalogue; but a greater probability is that it was "the blessings and curses," which comprised in fact an epitome of the law
(Jos 8:34).
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5-10. 在那裡要為耶和華你的神築一座……整塊的石頭——石頭要保持天然狀態，彷彿鑿子會帶來污穢。石堆要大到足以容納聖約的一切條款，要高到全體以色列會眾都能看見；當日的宗教儀式包括：第一，罪人所需的基本敬拜；第二，平安祭——即活潑的社交筵席，適合那位以耶和華為神的快樂子民。於是，這裡有定罪的律法，也有預表的贖罪——啟示宗教的兩大原則並列。
英文原文
5-10. there shalt thou build an altar . . . of whole stones--The stones were to be in their natural state, as if a chisel would communicate pollution to them. The stony pile was to be so large as to contain all the conditions of the covenant, so elevated as to be visible to the whole congregation of Israel; and the religious ceremonial performed on the occasion was to consist: first, of the elementary worship needed for sinful men; and secondly, of the peace offerings, or lively, social feasts, that were suited to the happy people whose God was the Lord. There were thus, the law which condemned, and the typical expiation--the two great principles of revealed religion.
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De 27:11-13.
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申 27:11-13.
支派在基利心山和以巴路山上分立。
英文原文
De 27:11-13.
THE TRIBES DIVIDED ON GERIZIM AND EBAL.
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11-13. 你們要站在基利心山上為百姓祝福……這些人要站在以巴路山上宣佈咒詛——那兩條長而多石的山脊位於撒瑪利亞省內，所指的山峰靠近示劍（即納布盧斯 Nablous），以陡峭的懸崖高約八百英尺，兩峰之間隔著一條約五百碼寬、綠草如茵、水源充足的山谷。以色列人在此分為兩部分。在基利心山上（今名 Jebel-et-Tur）駐紮的是雅各兩位正妻拉結和利亞的後裔，他們被指派擔任最為愉快而尊榮的職任——宣佈祝福；而在以巴路山（今名 Imad-el-Deen）這座雙生山上的，則是兩位次妻悉帕和辟拉的後裔，以及失去了長子名分的流便和利亞最小的兒子西布倫；他們被託以必要卻痛苦的職任——宣佈咒詛
(參 士 9:7)。
儀式可能是在兩山最為接近的低坡上舉行；所循的程序如下：在肅穆會眾的靜默期待中，祭司站在下方谷中約櫃周圍，面向基利心山大聲說："不雕刻任何偶像的人是有福的！"此時排列在那山上的人民齊聲回應"阿們"；然後轉向以巴路山喊道："雕刻任何偶像的人是可咒詛的！"那山上的人群也回應"阿們"。每一次祝福和咒詛都循同樣的程序
(參 書 8:33, 34)。
當注意，這些因悖逆已從天上啟示為律法的神旨而帶來的咒詛，是以宣告的形式而非願望的形式賜下的，故原文當譯為"他是可咒詛的"，而非"願他受咒詛"。
英文原文
11-13. These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people . . . these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse--Those long, rocky ridges lay in the province of Samaria, and the peaks referred to were near Shechem (Nablous), rising in steep precipices to the height of about eight hundred feet and separated by a green, well-watered valley of about five hundred yards wide. The people of Israel were here divided into two parts. On mount Gerizim (now Jebel-et-Tur) were stationed the descendants of Rachel and Leah, the two principal wives of Jacob, and to them was assigned the most pleasant and honorable office of pronouncing the benedictions; while on the twin hill of Ebal (now Imad-el-Deen) were placed the posterity of the two secondary wives, Zilpah and Bilhah, with those of Reuben, who had lost the primogeniture, and Zebulun, Leah's youngest son; to them was committed the necessary but painful duty of pronouncing the maledictions (see on
Jud 9:7).
The ceremony might have taken place on the lower spurs of the mountains, where they approach more closely to each other; and the course observed was as follows: Amid the silent expectations of the solemn assembly, the priests standing round the ark in the valley below, said aloud, looking to Gerizim, "Blessed is the man that maketh not any graven image," when the people ranged on that hill responded in full simultaneous shouts of "Amen"; then turning round to Ebal, they cried, "Cursed is the man that maketh any graven image"; to which those that covered the ridge answered, "Amen." The same course at every pause was followed with all the blessings and curses (see on
Jos 8:33, 34).
These curses attendant on disobedience to the divine will, which had been revealed as a law from heaven, be it observed, are given in the form of a declaration, not a wish, as the words should be rendered, "Cursed is he," and not, "Cursed be he."
申 27:1-10.
百姓當將律法寫在石頭上。