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Jos 4:1-8.
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Jos 4:1-8.
TWELVE STONES TAKEN FOR A MEMORIAL OUT OF JORDAN.
1-3. the Lord spake unto Joshua, Take you twelve men--each representing a tribe. They had been previously chosen for this service
(Jos 3:12),
and the repetition of the command is made here solely to introduce the account of its execution. Though Joshua had been divinely instructed to erect a commemorative pile, the representatives were not apprised of the work they were to do till the time of the passage.
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4、5. 约书亚召了十二个人来——他们大概是出于敬畏之心，一直退在后面，站在东岸上。如今奉命上前。各人从「祭司站定」之处附近，捡起一块石头——大概以一人所能背负的为度——便在约柜之前过去，把石头安放在下次安营之地
(书 4:19、20)，
即吉甲。
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4, 5. Joshua called the twelve men--They had probably, from a feeling of reverence, kept back, and were standing on the eastern bank. They were now ordered to advance. Picking up each a stone, probably as large as he could carry, from around the spot "where the priests stood," they pass over before the ark and deposit the stones in the place of next encampment
(Jos 4:19, 20),
namely, Gilgal.
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6、7. 这些石头在你们中间可以作为证据——堆立石冢，即以巨石垒成的堆，作为重大事件的记念，这在万民中都很常见，尤其在历史早期粗朴的时代为然。这是流传要事记忆的既定方式，在东方游牧之民中尤为普遍。这些简朴的记念物虽无铭文刻于其上，其来历与用意却能代代相传。将这十二块石头运到吉甲，其用意也正相同：要使之成为永远的记念，使后世子孙不忘过约旦河这一奇事。
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6, 7. That this may be a sign among you--The erection of cairns, or huge piles of stones, as monuments of remarkable incidents has been common among all people, especially in the early and rude periods of their history. They are the established means of perpetuating the memory of important transactions, especially among the nomadic people of the East. Although there be no inscription engraved on them, the history and object of such simple monuments are traditionally preserved from age to age. Similar was the purpose contemplated by the conveyance of the twelve stones to Gilgal: it was that they might be a standing record to posterity of the miraculous passage of the Jordan.
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8. 以色列人就照约书亚所吩咐的去行——意即这些事是由他们的十二位代表去行的。
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8. the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded--that is, it was done by their twelve representatives.
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Jos 4:9.
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书 4:9。
在约旦河中立十二块石头
9. 约书亚把十二块石头立在……祭司脚站立的地方——除了上述的记念物之外，还有另一件记念这一奇事的记号，是前者的复本，立在河水之中约柜曾停歇之处。这堆石头也许又大又紧凑，在河水寻常水位时仍可见到。因经上未说这些石头从何处取来，有人设想它们是从附近的田间拾取，由百姓经过指定之处时逐一安放的。
直到今日还在那里——若按本史书的年代计算
(书 24:26)，
这事至少在事后二十年；若后半句的话是撒母耳或以斯拉所加，那便更晚得多了。
英文原文
Jos 4:9.
TWELVE STONES SET UP IN THE MIDST OF JORDAN.
9. Joshua set up twelve stones . . . in the place where the feet of the priests . . . stood--In addition to the memorial just described, there was another memento of the miraculous event, a duplicate of the former, set up in the river itself, on the very spot where the ark had rested. This heap of stones might have been a large and compactly built one and visible in the ordinary state of the river. As nothing is said where these stones were obtained, some have imagined that they might have been gathered in the adjoining fields and deposited by the people as they passed the appointed spot.
they are there unto this day--at least twenty years after the event, if we reckon by the date of this history
(Jos 24:26),
and much later, if the words in the latter clause were inserted by Samuel or Ezra.
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Jos 4:10-13.
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书 4:10-13。
百姓过河
10. 抬约柜的祭司站在约旦河中——这个位置很能激励百姓（他们大概在约柜下流过河），也便于约书亚最精细地执行有关过河的种种指示
(民 27:21-23)。
祭司们毫不动摇的信心，与百姓「急忙过去」的表现恰成鲜明对比。百姓的信心像许多属神的人一样，因肉体的软弱而掺杂着恐惧。不过，他们的「急忙」也许可以从较好的一面看，是表明他们顺服的踊跃；又或者这是出于命令，好使全部群众能在一天之内尽数过去。
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Jos 4:10-13.
THE PEOPLE PASS OVER.
10. the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan--This position was well calculated to animate the people, who probably crossed below the ark, as well as to facilitate Joshua's execution of the minutest instructions respecting the passage
(Nu 27:21-23).
The unfaltering confidence of the priests contrasts strikingly with the conduct of the people, who "hasted and passed over." Their faith, like that of many of God's people, was, through the weakness of nature, blended with fears. But perhaps their "haste" may be viewed in a more favorable light, as indicating the alacrity of their obedience, or it might have been enjoined in order that the the whole multitude might pass in one day.
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11. 耶和华的约柜和祭司在百姓面前过去——此处提到约柜，是视之为成就此事的枢纽；它最先移动——也最后离开——它的动向吸引了百姓深切的注意，他们大概站在对岸，满怀敬畏与赞叹地注视这最后一幕。这是一大神迹，在这一层上甚至比过红海更大：既承认其事实，便再无可能像对前一事那样，以自然原因的影响来作唯理派的影射。
英文原文
11. the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people--The ark is mentioned as the efficient cause; it had been the first to move--it was the last to leave--and its movements arrested the deep attention of the people, who probably stood on the opposite bank, wrapt in admiration and awe of this closing scene. It was a great miracle, greater even than the passage of the Red Sea in this respect: that, admitting the fact, there is no possibility of rationalistic insinuations as to the influence of natural causes in producing it, as have been made in the former case.
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12、13. 流便的子孙……都带着兵器，在以色列人面前过去——此处并未暗示这些支派有什么优先的地位；因为没有理由认为他们离开了惯常的行军次序；这里如此光荣地提到他们，只是为要表明：他们为履行所许的诺言
(书 1:16-18)，
已派出一批战士随同弟兄一同出征。
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12, 13. the children of Reuben . . . passed over armed before the children of Israel--There is no precedency to the other tribes indicated here; for there is no reason to suppose that the usual order of march was departed from; but these are honorably mentioned to show that, in pursuance of their promise
(Jos 1:16-18),
they had sent a complement of fighting men to accompany their brethren in the war of invasion.
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13. 在耶利哥的平原——亚拉巴（即 Ghor）西部的这一段，从约旦河到 Wady-Kelt 进山之处，宽约七英里。如今虽是荒漠，这谷在古时却林木茂盛。一片长达七英里的庞大棕榈林环绕着耶利哥。
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13. to the plains of Jericho--That part of the Arabah or Ghor, on the west, is about seven miles broad from the Jordan to the mountain entrance at Wady-Kelt. Though now desert, this valley was in ancient times richly covered with wood. An immense palm forest, seven miles long, surrounded Jericho.
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Jos 4:14-24.
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书 4:14-24。
神使约书亚尊大
14-17. 当那日，耶和华使约书亚在以色列众人眼前尊大——从他所担当的首要角色便可清楚看出，他乃是神所立的领袖；因为连祭司进河或离开岗位，也都是凭他的命令；从此，他的权柄便如他的前任一样稳固。
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Jos 4:14-24.
GOD MAGNIFIES JOSHUA.
14-17. On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel--It appeared clear from the chief part he acted, that he was the divinely appointed leader; for even the priests did not enter the river or quit their position, except at his command; and thenceforward his authority was as firmly established as that of his predecessor.
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18. 抬约柜的祭司……从约旦河中上来……约旦河的水就流到原处——他们上来是最后一举，至此神迹的证据方告完成；因为直到那时，那被暂停的自然规律才恢复原状，河水归回本位，约旦河又像先前一样满了水流。
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18. it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark . . . were come out of the midst of Jordan . . . that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place--Their crossing, which was the final act, completed the evidence of the miracle; for then, and not till then, the suspended laws of nature were restored, the waters returned to their place, and the river flowed with as full a current as before.
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19. 正月初十日，百姓从约旦河里上来——即尼散月，逾越节前四天，正是当把逾越节羔羊分别出来的那一日；神的护理如此安排，使进入应许之地恰逢节期。
在吉甲安营——此名在此是预先使用
(参
书 5:9)。
据约瑟夫所记，这是一块地，距约旦河五十斯塔底昂（六英里半），距耶利哥十斯塔底昂（一又四分之一英里），在棕榈林的东缘，今日推测即 Riha 村所在之处。
英文原文
19. the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month--that is, the month Nisan, four days before the passover, and the very day when the paschal lamb required to be set apart, the providence of God having arranged that the entrance into the promised land should be at the feast.
and encamped in Gilgal--The name is here given by anticipation (see on
Jos 5:9).
It was a tract of land, according to JOSEPHUS, fifty stadia (six and one-half miles) from Jordan, and ten stadia (one and one-fourth miles) from Jericho, at the eastern outskirts of the palm forest, now supposed to be the spot occupied by the village Riha.
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20-24. 他们从约旦河里取来的那十二块石头，约书亚就立在吉甲——也许为更显眼目，他们把这些石头安放在一个泥土或草皮的基座上。这一石堆有双重用意：一面使异教徒感受神的全能，一面又使日后年轻的以色列人从中学得一项重要的属灵功课。
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20-24. those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal--Probably to render them more conspicuous, they might be raised on a foundation of earth or turf. The pile was designed to serve a double purpose--that of impressing the heathen with a sense of the omnipotence of God, while at the same time it would teach an important lesson in religion to the young and rising Israelites in after ages.
约书亚记 4:1-8。
从约旦河中取十二块石头为记念
1-3. 耶和华晓谕约书亚说：你们要从以色列人中拣选十二个人——每支派一人。他们此前已被拣选担任此项服事
(书 3:12)，
这里重申命令，只是为引出对其执行的记述。约书亚虽已受神指示要竖立纪念的石堆，但各代表直到渡河之时才被告知他们所要做的工。