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Deuteronomy 9:1
英文原文
The lesson of this chapter is exactly that of Ephesians 2:8, "By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."
In referring to their various rebellions, Moses here, as elsewhere, has regard not so much for the order of time as to that of subject. (Compare Deuteronomy 1:9-15 note.) Such reasons as convenience and fitness to his argument sufficiently explain the variations observable when the statements of this chapter are minutely compared with those of Exodus 32-34. In these variations we have simply such treatment of facts as is usual and warrantable between parties personally acquainted with the matters.
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Deuteronomy 9:3
這樣，你要把他們趕出去，速速將他們滅絕——這與 Deuteronomy 7:22 並不矛盾；在那裡，基於所陳明的理由，不可指望頃刻之間全然殲滅。在此，摩西勉勵百姓信靠神照約而施的幫助；因為神必不留遲，必照著於以色列自身福祉最合宜的速度滅盡他們所攻擊的列國，使他們得以享受應許。
英文原文
So shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly - This is not inconsistent with Deuteronomy 7:22, in which instant annihilation is not to be expected for the reasons assigned. Here Moses urges the people to trust in God's covenanted aid; since He would then make no delay in so destroying the nations attacked by them as to put them into enjoyment of the promises, and in doing so as fast as was for the well-being of Israel itself.
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Deuteronomy 9:8
也在何烈山——毋寧作「連在何烈山也」。當時的時機與境況，使在何烈山的背道尤其無可推諉。
英文原文
Also in Horeb - Rather, "even in Horeb." The time and circumstances made the apostasy at Horeb particularly inexcusable.
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Deuteronomy 9:18
我就像先前俯伏在耶和華面前——摩西第一次從山上下來之前，曾為百姓代求（出 32:11-13）。這代求在本節只是簡略提及。其後他為了使聖約得以完全恢復，又在山上花了四十天禁食禱告（出 34:28）。這裏和申 9:25-29更特別提出的，正是這第二個四十天，以及摩西在其中所作的代求（比較出 34:9）。
英文原文
I fell down before the Lord, as at the first - Moses interceded for the people before he came down from the mountain the first time Exodus 32:11-13. This intercession is only briefly alluded to in this verse. Afterward he spent another 40 days on the mountain in fasting and prayer to obtain a complete restitution of the covenant Exodus 34:28. It is this second forty days, and the intercession of Moses made therein (compare Exodus 34:9), that is more particularly brought forward here and in Deuteronomy 9:25-29.
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Deuteronomy 9:20
以色列甚至不能誇口說，他們的領袖和代表一直持守信實。亞倫已被指定承擔大祭司的職分，卻與百姓其餘的人一同墮落了。因此，亞倫本人連同他所承受應許的祭司職分沒有被剪除，完全是靠神的恩典和摩西的代求；正如後來亞倫因新的罪實際必須死時，以色列仍因同樣的緣故，得著以利亞撒接替、大祭司職分得以延續（比較申 10:6；民 20:24-26）。
英文原文
Israel could not even boast that its heads and representatives continued, faithful. Aaron had been already designated for the high priestly functions; but he fell away with the rest of the people. It was due therefore solely to the grace of God and the intercession of Moses that Aaron himself and his promised priesthood with him were not cut off; just as at a later time, when Aaron had actually to die for a new sin Israel owed it still to the same causes that Eleazar was substituted and the High Priesthood perpetuated (compare Deuteronomy 10:6; Numbers 20:24-26).
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Deuteronomy 9:22
見邊註所引的參考經文。他備拉是基博羅哈他瓦營中或其附近一處地方的名字，因此在民 33:16所列的安營名單中並沒有出現。然而，這裏分別提及這兩地是恰當的，因為每個地方、每個名字都是一次叛逆行為的記念。本節與下一節所舉的事例並非按發生次序排列；說話者為着自己的目的，從較輕的罪證推進到更重的罪證。
英文原文
See the marginal reference. Taberah was the name of a spot in or near the station of Kibroth-hattaavah, and accordingly is not named in the list of encampments given in Numbers 33:16. The separate mention of the two is, however, appropriate here, for each place and each name was a memorial of an act of rebellion. The instances in this and the next verse are not given in order of occurrence. The speaker for his own purposes advances from the slighter to the more heinous proofs of guilt.
本章的教訓正與 Ephesians 2:8 所說的完全相同：「你們得救是本乎恩，也因著信；這並不是出於自己，乃是神所賜的；也不是出於行為，免得有人自誇。」
摩西在此重提他們多次的悖逆，與別處一樣，所著眼的與其說是時間的先後，不如說是主題的次序（比較 Deuteronomy 1:9-15 的註釋）。單是方便與切合論旨這類理由，便足以解釋將本章的敘述與 Exodus 32-34 的敘述細加對照時所見的種種出入。在這些出入裡，我們所見的無非是熟知內情的當事人之間常見且正當的敘事處理方式。