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Nu 9:1-5.
英文原文
Nu 9:1-5.
THE PASSOVER ENJOINED.
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2-5. 以色列人应当在所定的日期守逾越节等——这条在旷野守逾越节的命令，是在帐幕立起并奉献之后不久发出的，比数点百姓早一个月。（将
Nu 9:1
与 Nu 1:1, 2 对照）。
但此事被记在那次数点之后，是为要引出一桩特例，律法已为此作了规定以应急。这是出埃及以来第一次守逾越节；若没有明确的命令，以色列人在定居迦南地之前并无义务守这节
(Ex 12:25)。
周年纪念恰在他们离开埃及十二个月后的同一天举行；并伴有各样的特殊礼仪——公羊羔和无酵饼。所需物料易于备办——羊羔取自他们众多的畜群，无酵饼所用的细面则藉叶忒罗之助，从与他们营地毗邻的米甸地运来
(Ex 3:1)。
但束腰、穿鞋、手中拿杖，这些只是仓促启程时附带的情况，并非礼仪的本质，故未重复。这被认为是他们四十年漂流期间唯一的一次守节；犹太作者说，因未受割礼之人不得吃逾越节的羊羔
(Ex 12:43, 44, 48)，
而旷野中并未行割礼
[Jos 5:4-7]，
故逾越节的庄严典礼无从重续。
英文原文
2-5. Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season, &c.--The date of this command to keep the passover in the wilderness was given shortly after the erection and consecration of the tabernacle and preceded the numbering of the people by a month. (Compare
Nu 9:1 with Nu 1:1, 2).
But it is narrated after that transaction in order to introduce the notice of a particular case, for which a law was provided to meet the occasion. This was the first observance of the passover since the exodus; and without a positive injunction, the Israelites were under no obligation to keep it till their settlement in the land of Canaan
(Ex 12:25).
The anniversary was kept on the exact day of the year on which they, twelve months before, had departed from Egypt; and it was marked by all the peculiar rites--the he lamb and the unleavened bread. The materials would be easily procured--the lambs from their numerous flocks and the meal for the unleavened bread, by the aid of Jethro, from the land of Midian, which was adjoining their camp
(Ex 3:1).
But their girded loins, their sandaled feet, and their staff in their hand, being mere circumstances attending a hurried departure and not essential to the rite, were not repeated. It is supposed to have been the only observance of the feast during their forty years' wandering; and Jewish writers say that, as none could eat the passover except they were circumcised
(Ex 12:43, 44, 48),
and circumcision was not practised in the wilderness
[Jos 5:4-7],
there could be no renewal of the paschal solemnity.
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Nu 9:6-14.
Nu 9:6-14.
允准 第二次 守逾越节。
6, 7. 有几个人因死尸而不洁净——为已故亲属的遗体尽最后的礼节是当尽的义务；然而参加葬礼会导致礼仪上的不洁，从而在七日内被排除于一切社交和营地之外。在第一个逾越周年纪念日到来之时，处于此情形中的一些人，因在当守的节期暂时不合资格、又无机会弥补其缺欠、而可能完全丧失一切特权，便在当尽之责上深感困惑，于是将此事呈到摩西面前。犹太作者断言这些人就是曾抬出拿答和亚比户尸首的人
[Le 10:4, 5]。
英文原文
Nu 9:6-14.
A SECOND PASSOVER ALLOWED.
6, 7. there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man--To discharge the last offices to the remains of deceased relatives was imperative; and yet attendance on a funeral entailed ceremonial defilement, which led to exclusion from all society and from the camp for seven days. Some persons who were in this situation at the arrival of the first paschal anniversary, being painfully perplexed about the course of duty because they were temporarily disqualified at the proper season, and having no opportunity of supplying their want were liable to a total privation of all their privileges, laid their case before Moses. Jewish writers assert that these men were the persons who had carried out the dead bodies of Nadab and Abihu
[Le 10:4, 5].
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8-14. 摩西对他们说：你们暂且等候，我可以听耶和华指着你们是怎样吩咐的——这难题很快便得了解答；借着神的权威颁布了法令：凡因家中发生丧事而被取消资格、或因路途遥远而不能在周年当日守逾越节的人，特准他们在下个月的同日同时自行守节，且须照一切庄严的礼仪行事。（参
2Ch 30:2）。
但对于不受这些阻碍所困的人，守节乃是当尽的义务。
英文原文
8-14. Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you--A solution of the difficulty was soon obtained, it being enacted, by divine authority, that to those who might be disqualified by the occurrence of a death in their family circle or unable by distance to keep the passover on the anniversary day, a special license was granted of observing it by themselves on the same day and hour of the following month, under a due attendance to all the solemn formalities. (See on
2Ch 30:2).
But the observance was imperative on all who did not labor under these impediments.
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14. 若有外人寄居在你们中间，也要守逾越节——外邦归信者，或后来所称的归化者，只要受了割礼，便获准与以色列本族人享有同等特权；若疏忽守逾越节，也要被逐出会堂。但割礼是不可或缺的条件；凡不遵行这礼仪的，在最严厉的刑罚之下被禁止吃逾越节的羊羔。
英文原文
14. if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover--Gentile converts, or proselytes, as they were afterwards called, were admitted, if circumcised, to the same privileges as native Israelites, and were liable to excommunication if they neglected the passover. But circumcision was an indispensable condition; and whoever did not submit to that rite, was prohibited, under the sternest penalties, from eating the passover.
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Nu 9:15-23.
Nu 9:15-23.
云彩 引导 以色列人。
15. 云彩遮盖帐幕——受感的史家在此进入一个全新的主题，这主题本可自成一章，从本节开始，至
Nu 10:29
为止 [CALMET]。云彩是神特别同在并护卫以色列人的可见记号
(Ex 14:20; Ps 105:39)。
它以其独特的形状和固定的位置，易于与一切别的云彩区分；因为自帐幕落成之日起，它日间如暗柱、夜间如火柱，停在那含有约柜的圣所之上
(Le 16:2)。
英文原文
Nu 9:15-23.
A CLOUD GUIDES THE ISRAELITES.
15. the cloud covered the tabernacle--The inspired historian here enters on an entirely new subject, which might properly have formed a separate chapter, beginning at this verse and ending at
Nu 10:29
[CALMET]. The cloud was a visible token of God's special presence and guardian care of the Israelites
(Ex 14:20; Ps 105:39).
It was easily distinguishable from all other clouds by its peculiar form and its fixed position; for from the day of the completion of the tabernacle it rested by day as a dark, by night as a fiery, column on that part of the sanctuary which contained the ark of the testimony
(Le 16:2).
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17. 云彩收上去——即升到更高的高度，使营中最远的角落也能看见。那是启行的信号；因此它被恰当地称为
(Nu 9:18)
“耶和华的命令”。它是神同在的可见记号；神从它如同荣耀的宝座一般发出命令。因此，它的动静决定了以色列人一切行程的开始与结束。（参
Ex 14:19）。
英文原文
17. when the cloud was taken up--that is, rose to a higher elevation, so as to be conspicuous at the remotest extremities of the camp. That was a signal for removal; and, accordingly, it is properly called
(Nu 9:18)
"the commandment of the Lord." It was a visible token of the presence of God; and from it, as a glorious throne, He gave the order. So that its motion regulated the commencement and termination of all the journeys of the Israelites. (See on
Ex 14:19).
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19. 云彩在帐幕上停留许多日子……以色列人就守耶和华所吩咐的，不起行——旷野的生活自有其吸引人之处，而不断的迁移会激发起对变动之强烈的爱好。许多事例表明以色列人已深染这种游牧习性，且急于赶往迦南。然而云彩的种种状态仍表明神的命令：无论他们在营地长久驻守时感到何等厌烦，“云彩在帐幕上停留许多日子，他们就守耶和华所吩咐的，不起行。”他们若始终如此存着顺服的心，该是何等有福！我们众人若在这世界的旷野中，毫不含糊地跟随神护理的引领和神话语的指引，该是何等有福！
英文原文
19. when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle, . . . then Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not--A desert life has its attractions, and constant movements create a passionate love of change. Many incidents show that the Israelites had strongly imbibed this nomad habit and were desirous of hastening to Canaan. But still the phases of the cloud indicated the command of God: and whatsoever irksomeness they might have felt in remaining long stationary in camp, "when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, they kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not." Happy for them had they always exhibited this spirit of obedience! and happy for all if, through the wilderness of this world, we implicitly follow the leadings of God's Providence and the directions of God's Word!
Nu 9:1-5.
逾越节 之命定。