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Jos 21:1-8.
英文原文
Jos 21:1-8.
EIGHT AND FORTY CITIES GIVEN BY LOT OUT OF THE OTHER TRIBES UNTO THE LEVITES.
1-3. Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites--The most venerable and distinguished members of the three Levitical families, on behalf of their tribe, applied for the special provision that had been promised them to be now awarded (see on
Nu 35:2).
Their inheritance lay within the territory of every tribe. It was assigned in the same place and manner, and by the same commissioners as the other allotments. While the people, knowing the important duties they were to perform, are described
(Jos 21:3)
as readily conceding this "peculiar" to them, it had most probably been specified and reserved for their use while the distribution of the land was in progress.
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4-8. 为哥辖族拈阄——利未人分为哥辖、革顺、米拉利三族。哥辖族中，惟独亚伦一家被分别出来担任祭司职任，其余的都列为普通利未人。头一阄是哥辖族拈的；他们之中又先为祭司拈阄，分得十三座城，其余的哥辖人得十座
(书 21:5)；
革顺人得十三座
(书 21:6)，
米拉利人得十二座
(书 21:7)。
英文原文
4-8. the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites--The Levites were divided into Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites. Among the former the family of Aaron were exclusively appointed to the priesthood, and all the rest were ranked in the common order of Levites. The first lot was drawn by the Kohathites; and the first of theirs again by the priests, to whom thirteen cities were granted, and ten to the rest of the Kohathites
(Jos 21:5);
thirteen to the Gershonites
(Jos 21:6),
and twelve to the Merarites
(Jos 21:7).
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Jos 21:9-42.
书 21:9-42。
祭司的城邑
9-40. 他们就从……这里所提的这些城邑中给出——祭司的城邑落在犹大和便雅悯境内，这是由于那位全无错误的神圣律法者之护理所定。这一安排的奇妙智慧与妥当，在罗波安年间发生分裂时便充分显明出来。
英文原文
Jos 21:9-42.
THE CITIES OF THE PRIESTS.
9-40. they gave . . . these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
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41. 利未人在以色列人的地业中所得的城邑，连郊野共有四十八座——与其他支派相比，这似乎占地过多。但须知此处所列，乃每一座利未城的名字
(参
代上 6:39-66)；
而其他支派所提到的，只是边境或沿界线的城邑。况且，利未人并非这四十八座城的唯一居民；因那里必也有相当数目的人被留驻，以耕种附属的田地、照料牲畜。再者，利未人的城除了「四围的郊野」之外别无所有
[书 21:42]；
而以色列其他的城则各拥有一群附属的村庄
(参
书 17:1-19:51)。
英文原文
41. All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs--This may appear too great a proportion compared with those of the other tribes. But it must be borne in mind that the list given here contains the names of every Levitical city (see on
1Ch 6:39-66);
whereas only those cities of the other tribes are mentioned which lay on the frontier or along the boundary line. Besides, the Levites were not the exclusive inhabitants of those forty-eight cities; for there must have been also a considerable number of people kept there to cultivate the glebe lands and tend the cattle. Still further, the Levitical cities had nothing but "their suburbs round about them"
[Jos 21:42];
whereas the other cities in Israel possessed a group of independent villages (see
Jos 17:1-19:51).
43
Jos 21:43-45.
书 21:43-45。
神赐他们安息
43-45. 耶和华将一切应许赐给以色列人列祖的地，全数赐给了他们——这是自第十三章叙述以色列人占据那地以来，全史的总括收尾。一切所应许的，无论是对百姓还是对约书亚
(书 1:5)，
都已成就，或正在成就之中；以色列人的这一经历记载下来
(书 21:45)，
便成了历代神子民盼望和信心的根基——神对教会的一切其他应许，也必在适当的时候全然成就。
英文原文
Jos 21:43-45.
GOD GAVE THEM REST.
43-45. the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers--This is a general winding up of the history from the thirteenth chapter, which narrates the occupation of the land by the Israelites. All the promises made, whether to the people or to Joshua
(Jos 1:5),
had been, or were in the course of being fulfilled; and the recorded experience of the Israelites
(Jos 21:45),
is a ground of hope and confidence to the people of God in every age, that all other promises made to the Church will, in due time, be accomplished.
约书亚记 21:1-8。
从其他支派中拈阄给利未人的四十八座城
1-3. 那时利未人的众族长近前来——利未三族中最年高德劭、最杰出的成员代表全支派，申请现在兑现所应许给他们的特殊供应
(参
民 35:2
注释）。他们的产业在每一个支派的境内。其分配的地点、方式以及所委任的专员，都与其他支派的分地相同。百姓深知他们所要担负的重要职责，经上记着他们
(书 21:3)
欣然让出这一"特分"；而事实上，这特分大概在分地进行之时就已被指明并保留给他们使用了。