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Judges 17:1
英文原文
See the introduction to the Book of Judges. The only point of contact with the preceding history of Samson is, that we are still concerned with the tribe of Dan. See Judges 18:1-2, note. Josephus combines in one narrative what we read here and in Judges 1:34, and places it, with the story in Judges 18-21, immediately after the death of Joshua.
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Judges 17:2
你咒詛——或作「以神的名吩咐我起誓」。參 Matthew 26:63；Leviticus 5:1。
英文原文
Thou cursedst - or, "adjuredst me by God." Compare Matthew 26:63; Leviticus 5:1.
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Judges 17:3
這種以迷信而不合律法的方式敬拜耶和華，與 Judges 8:27；Judges 11:31；1 Kings 12:28 等處如出一轍。這顯明他們對十誡的認識極為淺薄；在那動盪的時代，由於百姓大多不識字，十誡對以色列人來說大概並不熟悉。這位母親表明，將銀子分別為聖是為了她兒子和他全家的益處，而非為她自己的私利；她仍堅持原先的心意，把這銀子奉獻出來，為要使她的兒子得益。
英文原文
Such a superstitious and unlawful mode of worshipping Yahweh is quite of a piece with Judges 8:27; Judges 11:31; 1 Kings 12:28, etc. It argues but slight acquaintance with the Ten Commandments, which, from the ignorance of reading and writing, were probably not familiar to the Israelites in those unsettled times. The mother intimates that the consecration of the silver was for the benefit of her son and his house, not for her own selfish advantage: and that she adheres to her original design of consecrating this silver for her son's benefit.
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Judges 17:4
見 Judges 8:27 註釋；Genesis 31:19 註釋。
英文原文
See Judges 8:27, note; Genesis 31:19, note.
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Judges 17:6
那些日子……——這說法清楚表明作者生於以色列立王政體確立之後，是末後五章作者所特有的筆法。
英文原文
In those days ... - This phrase, indicating distinctly that the writer lived after the establishment of the kingly government in Israel, is unique to the author of these last five chapters.
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Judges 17:7
「他在那裡寄居」的希伯來原文是 שׁם גר gêr shām，而 Judges 18:30 在這年輕利未人的家譜中正是這樣用的——他的名字是「約拿單，革舜的兒子」（גרשׁם gêreshôm）。因此，有人將此處讀作「革舜的兒子」。
英文原文
The Hebrew words for "he sojourned there" are, שׁם גר gêr shām, which words are used Judges 18:30 in the genealogy of this young Levite, whose name was "Jonathan, the son of Gershom" (גרשׁם gêreshôm). Hence, some read here, "the son of Gershom."
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Judges 17:8
約拿單這種無家可歸的境況，生動地反映了當時許多利未人必然身處的境況。
英文原文
Jonathan's state without a home gives us vivid picture of what must have been the condition of many Levites.
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Judges 17:10
十舍客勒銀子——約合二十五至二十六先令（見 Exodus 38:24）。
英文原文
Ten shekels - About 25 shillings to 26 shillings (see Exodus 38:24).
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Judges 17:13
這顯出那時代的無知與迷信（參 2 Kings 18:22），並描繪了當時無法無天的景象。對利未祭司職分的順帶見證值得留意；然而在示羅近旁竟有拜偶像的敬拜，實在令人極為詫異。
英文原文
This shows the ignorance as well as the superstition of the age (compare 2 Kings 18:22), and gives a picture of the lawlessness of the times. The incidental testimony to the Levitical priesthood is to be noted; but the idolatrous worship in the immediate neighborhood of Shiloh is passing strange.
見士師記導論。這段記載與前文參孫的歷史唯一的接觸點，在於我們仍在處理但支派的事。見 Judges 18:1-2 註釋。約瑟夫把此處所記與 Judges 1:34 的記載合成一個敘述，並將它連同 Judges 18-21 的故事，一概置於約書亞死後。