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Jos 3:1-6.
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Jos 3:1-6.
JOSHUA COMES TO JORDAN.
1. Joshua rose early in the morning--On the day following that on which the spies had returned with their encouraging report. The camp was broken up in "Shittim" (the acacia groves), and removed to the eastern bank of the Jordan. The duration of their stay is indicated
(Jos 3:2),
being, according to Hebrew reckoning, only one entire day, including the evening of arrival and the morning of the passage; and such a time would be absolutely necessary for so motley an assemblage of men, women, and children, with all their gear and cattle to make ready for going into an enemy's country.
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2-4. 官長走遍營中，吩咐百姓說——此時此地所給的指示，與
(書 1:11)
所描述的不同。
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2-4. the officers went through the host; And they commanded the people--The instructions given at this time and in this place were different from those described
(Jos 1:11).
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3、4. 你們看見約櫃……利未人祭司抬著——約櫃在安營時通常位於營地中央，行軍時則處於隊伍中間。這一次它要走在前頭，並且不由哥轄族的利未人抬，而是由祭司來抬，正如一切莊重非常的場合一樣
(參
民 4:15；
書 6:6；
王上 8:3-6)。
你們就要……跟著它去。只是你和它相離，要量二千肘——這些指示專為下河進發而發。百姓要在約櫃後面保持的距離將近一英里。他們若擠得太近，視線便會被擋住，所以下令留出這一間隔，使那裝著聖物的櫃子在營中各處都清晰可見，並被認作他們在陌生道路上的嚮導。
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3, 4. When ye see the ark . . ., and the priests the Levites bearing it--The usual position of the ark, when at rest, was in the center of the camp; and, during a march, in the middle of the procession. On this occasion it was to occupy the van, and be borne, not by the Kohathite Levites, but the priests, as on all solemn and extraordinary occasions (compare
Nu 4:15; Jos 6:6; 1Ki 8:3-6).
then ye shall . . . go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it--These instructions refer exclusively to the advance into the river. The distance which the people were to keep in the rear of the ark was nearly a mile. Had they crowded too near the ark, the view would have been intercepted, and this intervening space, therefore, was ordered, that the chest containing the sacred symbols might be distinctly visible to all parts of the camp, and be recognized as their guide in the untrodden way.
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5. 約書亞對百姓說——不如作「曾吩咐」，因為他既提到「明日」，這話必是在過河之前說的；而所謂的自潔，大概與摩西在頒布律法之前所吩咐的一樣，乃是一種外表的潔淨
(出 19:10-15)，
為要以嚴肅敬虔的心志來迎接並觀看如此重大的顯現而作的預備。
英文原文
5. Joshua said unto the people--rather "had said," for as he speaks of "to-morrow," the address must have been made previous to the day of crossing, and the sanctification was in all probability the same as Moses had commanded before the giving of the law, consisting of an outward cleansing
(Ex 19:10-15)
preparatory to that serious and devout state of mind with which so great a manifestation should be witnessed.
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6. 約書亞吩咐祭司說——這道給祭司的命令是私下傳達的；因其中牽涉到既定行軍次序的重大改變，必須視為奉神的名、憑神的權柄而發。況且，祭司一踏進約旦河水，便要站住。約櫃所要成就的，正是昔日摩西的杖所成就的。
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6. Joshua spake unto the priests--This order to the priests would be given privately, and involving as it did an important change in the established order of march, it must be considered as announced in the name and by the authority of God. Moreover, as soon as the priests stepped into the waters of Jordan, they were to stand still. The ark was to accomplish what had been done by the rod of Moses.
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Jos 3:7, 8.
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書 3:7、8。
主鼓勵約書亞
7、8. 耶和華對約書亞說：今日我必……使你在以色列眾人眼前尊大——約書亞早已得過殊榮
(出 24:13；
申 31:7)。
但如今還要當眾賜他更高神恩的憑據，並以與摩西同樣無可置疑的方式，證明他的使命和權柄都是出於神
(出 14:31)。
英文原文
Jos 3:7, 8.
THE LORD ENCOURAGES JOSHUA.
7, 8. the Lord said to Joshua, This day will I . . . magnify thee in the sight of all Israel--Joshua had already received distinguished honors
(Ex 24:13; De 31:7).
But a higher token of the divine favor was now to be publicly bestowed on him, and evidence given in the same unmistakable manner that his mission and authority were from God as was that of Moses
(Ex 14:31).
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Jos 3:9-13.
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書 3:9-13。
約書亞鼓勵百姓
9-13. 你們近前來，聽耶和華你們神的話——看來以色列人在過河之前不久，才得着當如何過河的啟示。約書亞這番預告的話，與那恰如他所描述而成就的奇事相印證，必能增添並堅固他們對列祖之神的信心——這位神並非像列國的偶像那樣是死的、無知的、無生命的物件，而是又真又活、大有能力、為祂百姓辯護並為祂百姓行事的神。
英文原文
Jos 3:9-13.
JOSHUA ENCOURAGES THE PEOPLE.
9-13. Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord--It seems that the Israelites had no intimation how they were to cross the river till shortly before the event. The premonitory address of Joshua, taken in connection with the miraculous result exactly as he had described it, would tend to increase and confirm their faith in the God of their fathers as not a dull, senseless, inanimate thing like the idols of the nations, but a Being of life, power, and activity to defend them and work for them.
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Jos 3:14-17.
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書 3:14-17。
約旦河水斷絕
14-16. 百姓離開帳棚的時候，等等——要明白這裏所描寫的情景，我們當想象那一隊抬着約櫃的祭司站在河的低窪岸邊，而大群百姓則在一英里之外。忽然，整條河床都乾了；這事更顯奇特，因為正是在收割的時候，相當於我們的四五月——「約旦河水漲過兩岸」。原文的字更恰當地可譯作「滿到兩岸」。約旦河的水靠黎巴嫩的融雪供給，此時正是最高——滿溢兩岸；這一譯法對現代旅行者所見的約旦河在收割時的狀態，給出了唯一真實的描述。耶利哥附近的約旦河，平常約寬五六十碼。但在收割時所見，寬度是平常的兩倍；而在古時，兩岸山嶺因林木尚未消失，所受雨雪遠比今日充足，水量既更豐沛，河水必比今日收割時還要寬得多。
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Jos 3:14-17.
THE WATERS OF JORDAN ARE DIVIDED.
14-16. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, &c.--To understand the scene described we must imagine the band of priests with the ark on their shoulders, standing on the depressed edge of the river, while the mass of the people were at a mile's distance. Suddenly the whole bed of the river was dried up; a spectacle the more extraordinary in that it took place in the time of harvest, corresponding to our April or May--when "the Jordan overfloweth all its banks." The original words may be more properly rendered "fills all its banks." Its channel, snow-fed from Lebanon, was at its greatest height--brimful; a translation which gives the only true description of the state of Jordan in harvest as observed by modern travellers. The river about Jericho is, in ordinary appearance, about fifty or sixty yards in breadth. But as seen in harvest, it is twice as broad; and in ancient times, when the hills on the right and left were much more drenched with rain and snow than since the forests have disappeared, the river must, from a greater accession of water, have been broader still than at harvest-time in the present day.
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16. 那從上往下流的水——即來自加利利海的水
立起成壘——「成壘」，即一道堅實緊湊的屏障
(出 15:8；
詩 78:13)；
極遠之地——在河流的上游遠處；
那從撒拉但旁的亞當城——靠近 Ghor 北部的撒他別山（mount Sartabeh）
(王上 7:46)；
即距以色列營盤三十英里之遠；而
那往亞拉巴的海（即鹽海/死海）流下去的水——則被截斷
(詩 114:2、3)。
如此，約旦河水在目力所及之處盡都乾了。這是一大神蹟；約旦河因其水流之勢得名「下降者」，水過加利利海後，水流大增，跌落二十七處「可怕的急流和瀑布」，此外還有許多小瀑布，全程落差千英尺，平均時速達四五英里 [LYNCH]。「收割的時候」既漲溢，流速更大大加快。
百姓就在耶利哥對面過去——確切的地點已不可考；但絕不能是希臘傳統所定的那處——即朝聖者的沐浴處——既因它過於偏北，又因那裏的東岸是高達十至十五英尺的峭壁。
英文原文
16. the waters which came down from above--that is, the Sea of Galilee
stood and rose up upon a heap--"in a heap," a firm, compact barrier
(Ex 15:8; Ps 78:13);
very far--high up the stream;
from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan--near mount Sartabeh, in the northern part of the Ghor
(1Ki 7:46);
that is, a distance of thirty miles from the Israelitish encampment; and
those that came down toward the sea of the desert--the Dead Sea--were cut off
(Ps 114:2, 3).
The river was thus dried up as far as the eye could reach. This was a stupendous miracle; Jordan takes its name, "the Descender," from the force of its current, which, after passing the Sea of Galilee, becomes greatly increased as it plunges through twenty-seven "horrible rapids and cascades," besides a great many lesser through a fall of a thousand feet, averaging from four to five miles an hour [LYNCH]. When swollen "in time of harvest," it flows with a vastly accelerated current.
the people passed over right against Jericho--The exact spot is unknown; but it cannot be that fixed by Greek tradition--the pilgrims' bathing-place--both because it is too much to the north, and the eastern banks are there sheer precipices ten or fifteen feet high.
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17. 祭司……和以色列眾人都從乾地上過去——耶利哥附近的約旦河底是堅實的礫石，水既退去，全軍便可毫無不便地踏過。
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17. the priests . . . and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground--the river about Jericho has a firm pebbly bottom, on which the host might pass, without inconvenience when the water was cleared off.
書 3:1-6。
約書亞來到約旦河
1. 約書亞清早起來——這是在探子們帶著令人振奮的報告回來的次日。百姓在「什亭」（即皂莢樹林）拆營，移至約旦河東岸。他們停留的時日
(書 3:2)
有所說明：按希伯來算法，只算一整天，包括抵達的傍晚和過河的早晨；對於男女老幼如此混雜、帶著一切器具牲畜的群眾，要預備好進入敵境，這樣的時間實在是必不可少的。