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Joshua 24:1
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英文原文
Shechem, situated between those mountains, Ebal and Gerizim, which had already been the scene of a solemn rehearsal of the covenant soon after the first entry of the people into the promised land Joshua 8:30-35, was a fitting scene for the solemn renewal on the part of the people of that covenant with God which had been on His part so signally and so fully kept. The spot itself suggested the allusions to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, etc., in Joshua's address; and its associations could not but give special force and moving effect to his appeals. This address was not made to the rulers only but to the whole nation, not of course to the tribes assembled in mass, but to their representatives.
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Joshua 24:2
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大河那邊——更宜作「河的那邊」,即幼發拉底河。見旁註參考資料。
事奉別神——很可能就是那些「神像」,即特拉芬(teraphim),我們看到他們的先祖拉班稱之為「他的神」(見旁註參考資料);而且正如約書亞說話之時,百姓中似乎仍有一些暗中信奉它們的人(Joshua 24:14、Joshua 24:25)。經文並沒有說亞伯拉罕本人是拜偶像的,雖然他的先祖是。猶太傳統斷言,亞伯拉罕在迦勒底的吾珥時,曾因憎惡偶像崇拜而受逼迫,因此蒙神將他從本地召出來。經文中提及這民族列祖原本的景況,是要表明他們並不比別人好:神揀選他們,不是因為他們的優點,而是出於祂自己的主動。
英文原文
The other side of the flood - Better "On the other side of the river," i. e. the Euphrates. See the marginal reference.
They served other gods - Possibly the "images," or teraphim, which we find their ancestor Laban calling "his gods" (see the marginal reference); and of which it would seem that there were, as Joshua spoke, some secret devotees among the people Joshua 24:14, Joshua 24:25. It is not stated that Abraham himself was an idolater, though his fathers were. Jewish tradition asserts that Abraham while in Ur of the Chaldees was persecuted for his abhorrence of idolatry, and hence, was called away by God from his native land. The reference in the text to the original state of those who were the forefathers of the nation, is made to show that they were no better than others: God chose them not for their excellences but of His own mere motion.
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Joshua 24:15
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選擇——以誠以真事奉神,只能出於心中自由而甘願的效忠。因此,約書亞所邀請的正是這一點,正如摩西在他以先所做的(Deuteronomy 30:15 及以下)。
英文原文
Choose - Service of God in sincerity and truth can only result from a free and willing allegiance of the heart. This accordingly is what Joshua invites, as Moses had done before him (Deuteronomy 30:15 ff).
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Joshua 24:25
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與百姓立約——意即他鄭重批准並更新了西奈之約,正如摩西在他以先所做的(Deuteronomy 29:1)。由於立下的不是新的或別的約,所以無須獻祭。
英文原文
Made a covenant with the people - i. e. he solemnly ratified and renewed the covenant of Sinai, as Moses had done before him Deuteronomy 29:1. As no new or different covenant was made, no sacrifices were necessary.
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Joshua 24:26
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請參閱旁註。
在耶和華的聖所旁邊——意即亞伯拉罕和雅各曾獻祭敬拜的地方;在他們的後裔看來,那裡大可視為聖地或聖所。也許亞伯拉罕和雅各的那座祭壇當時仍然存在。
英文原文
Consult the marginal references.
That was by the sanctuary of the Lord - i. e. the spot where Abraham and Jacob had sacrificed and worshipped, and which might well be regarded by their posterity as a holy place or sanctuary. Perhaps the very altar of Abraham and Jacob was still remaining.
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Joshua 24:33
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(康達把以利亞撒的安葬之地定在阿韋爾塔村,而不是提布內。)
英文原文
(Eleazar's burial-place is placed by Conder not at Tibneh but in the village of 'Awertah.)
示劍位於以巴路山與基利心山之間;百姓初次進入應許之地後不久,這兩座山曾作為莊嚴重溫聖約的場合(Joshua 8:30-35)。如今神那一方既如此顯著又如此完全地持守了聖約,百姓在此莊嚴更新與神所立之約,示劍便是合宜的場所。這地點本身使人聯想到約書亞講論中對亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各等人的暗指;其歷史聯繫也必使其呼籲格外有力、格外動人。這篇講論不是只對眾官長發表,而是對全民——當然不是指全體支派大規模集合,而是指他們的代表。