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Jos 23:1, 2.
英文原文
Jos 23:1, 2.
JOSHUA'S EXHORTATION BEFORE HIS DEATH.
1. a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies--about fourteen years after the conquest of Canaan, and seven after the distribution of that country among the tribes.
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2. 约书亚就把以色列众人召集了来——紧接其后的那句话似乎限定了这一笼统的说法，即只适用于百姓的官长和代表。聚集之地最可能是示罗。召集他们的缘由，是这位年高德劭之领袖年事已高、离世之日将到；这番庄严训话的要旨，是要激励选民及其后代忠贞不渝地持守以色列神的信仰和敬拜。
英文原文
2. Joshua called for all Israel--The clause which follows seems to restrict this general expression as applicable only to the officers and representatives of the people. The place of assembly was most probably Shiloh. The occasion of convening it was the extreme age and approaching death of the venerable leader; and the purport of this solemn address was to animate the chosen people and their posterity to a faithful and unswerving continuance in the faith and worship of the God of Israel.
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Jos 23:3.
书 23:3。
借往日的恩惠
3. 耶和华你们的神因你们的缘故所向这一切国民所行的事，你们都看见了——约书亚在开篇这番话中，格外显出他的谦卑与虚己。他把自己劳苦的功绩全然搁置一旁，把迦南的征服与占据，完全归功于神施恩的同在与帮助；他这样说，既敬虔，也真实无伪。这原是早已应许的
(申 1:30；3:22)；
而神的帮助之确实，正见于迦南人的速速倾覆，此事已使全地分给了各支派为业
[书 23:4]。
英文原文
Jos 23:3.
BY FORMER BENEFITS.
3. ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you--The modesty and humility of Joshua are remarkably displayed at the commencement of this address. Dismissing all thoughts of his personal services, he ascribed the subjugation and occupation of Canaan entirely to the favoring presence and aid of God; and in doing so, he spoke not more piously than truly. This had been promised
(De 1:30; 3:22);
and the reality of the divine aid was seen in the rapid overthrow of the Canaanites, which had already led to the division of the whole land among the tribes
[Jos 23:4].
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Jos 23:5-11.
书 23:5-11。
借应许
5-11. 耶和华你们的神必将他们从你们面前赶出去，正如耶和华你们的神所应许的，等等——神既已将已得之地赐给他们，这便是祂必将尚待征服之地也全数赐下的凭据，应许必将全然成就。但神圣应许的成全，端赖他们对神律法坚定不移的忠贞——在于他们坚决远离与迦南人一切亲昵的往来和密切的交结，丝毫不分沾他们拜偶像的罪。他们若像当时这民那样蒙福地专心从顺神，祂的赐福必使他们连战连捷，得胜轻易
(利 26:7；
申 28:7；32:30)。
英文原文
Jos 23:5-11.
BY PROMISES.
5-11. the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, as the Lord your God hath promised you, &c.--The actual possessions which God had given were a pledge of the complete fulfilment of His promise in giving them the parts of the country still unconquered. But the accomplishment of the divine promise depended on their inviolable fidelity to God's law--on their keeping resolutely aloof from all familiar intercourse and intimate connections with the Canaanites, or in any way partaking of their idolatrous sins. In the event of their continuing in steadfast adherence to the cause of God, as happily distinguished the nation at that time, His blessing would secure them a course of brilliant and easy victories
(Le 26:7; De 28:7; 32:30).
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11. 你们要分外谨慎，爱耶和华你们的神——他这番劝勉的总归，全在于爱神；爱神就是律法的成全与目的
(申 6:5；11:13；
太 22:37)。
英文原文
11. Take good heed, therefore, that ye love the Lord your God--The sum of his exhortation is comprised in the love of God, which is the end or fulfilment of the law
(De 6:5; 11:13; Mt 22:37).
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Jos 23:12.
书 23:12。
以悖逆之祸警戒
12、13. 你们若……退后，与这些国民剩下的人结亲——由于与拜偶像的迦南人通婚会带来许多强烈的犯罪诱惑，所以圣经严加禁止
(出 34:12-16；
申 7:3)。
约书亚仿佛正是着眼于这些禁令，便警告他们：神必在他们继续驱逐迦南人之事上撤去帮助（这一警告有所根据，
出 23:33；
民 33:55；
申 7:16)。
英文原文
Jos 23:12.
BY THREATENINGS IN CASE OF DISOBEDIENCE.
12, 13. Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations--As marriage connections with the idolatrous Canaanites would present many and strong temptations to transgress it, these were strictly prohibited
(Ex 34:12-16; De 7:3).
With his eye, as it were, upon those prohibitions, Joshua threatens them with the certain withdrawal of the divine aid in the further expulsion of the Canaanites (a threat founded
Ex 23:33; Nu 33:55; De 7:16).
约书亚记 23:1、2。
约书亚临终前的劝勉
1. 耶和华使以色列人安静，不被四围仇敌扰乱的日子过了许久——约在攻取迦南之后十四年、分地给各支派之后七年。