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Leviticus 12 Introduction
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英文原文
Leviticus 12-15. Ceremonial Purifications
The Purifications of the Law fall under three heads;
(1). Those for defilement arising from secretions;
(2). Those for the leprosy;
(3). Those for pollution from corpses.
The first and second classes are described in these chapters; the last, as relates to human corpses, in Numbers 19:11, etc., and as relates to the bodies of dead animals, in Leviticus 11:24-28, Leviticus 11:31-40.
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Leviticus 12:1
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這一章接在利未記 15章之後,本來更為自然。見利 15:1註釋。
英文原文
This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Leviticus 15:1.
3
Leviticus 12:3
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關於割禮,見創 17:5註釋。
英文原文
On circumcision, see Genesis 17:5 note.
4
Leviticus 12:4
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利未記律法把不潔淨完全歸於母親,一點也不歸於孩子。
英文原文
The Levitical law ascribed impurity exclusively to the mother, in no degree to the Child.
5
Leviticus 12:5
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有人認為,這兩個時期各加倍,用意是要提醒百姓:女人代表人性中較低的層面,而且是最先陷入試探的(提前 2:13-15;彼前 3:7)。古人有一種觀念,認為母親生女孩之後受苦的時日,比生男孩之後更長。前一種情形母親恢復健康所需的時間是三十天,後一種則是四十或四十二天。這種觀念或許與一種普遍習俗有關——早在摩西時代,人們便留意這種區別。
英文原文
Some have thought that this doubling of each of the two periods was intended to remind the people of the fact that woman represents the lower side of human nature, and was the first to fall into temptation. 1 Timothy 2:13-15; 1 Peter 3:7. The ancients had a notion that the mother suffers for a longer time after the birth of a girl than after the birth of a boy. The period required for the restoration of her health in the one case was thirty days, and in the other, it was 40 or 42 days. This notion may have been connected with a general custom of observing the distinction as early as the time of Moses.
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Leviticus 12:6
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獻祭之舉表明對罪的承認,並把自己奉獻給耶和華。見利 8:14。
利未記 12:6
「一歲的」——照頁邊註,字面是「它年歲之子」。這說法被認為指未滿一歲的,而「一年之子」則指剛滿一歲的。
英文原文
The sacrificial act expressed an acknowledgment of sin and a dedication of herself to Yahweh. See Leviticus 8:14.
Leviticus 12:6
Of the first year - literally, as in the margin, "a son of his year." This expression is supposed to mean one less than a year old, while the "son of a year" is one that has just completed its first year.
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Leviticus 12:8
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「一隻羊羔」——更宜譯作「羊羣中的一隻」,綿羊或山羊皆可;這詞與利 12:6的不是同一個詞。
「兩隻斑鳩或兩隻雛鴿」——見利 1:14註釋。童貞女馬利亞使用了律法給窮人的通融,獻了較低等的燔祭(路 2:24)。
英文原文
A lamb - Rather, one of the flock; either a sheep or a goat; it is not the same word as in Leviticus 12:6.
Two turtles, or two young pigeons - See the note at Leviticus 1:14. The Virgin Mary availed herself of the liberty which the Law allowed to the poor, and offered the inferior burnt-offering Luke 2:24.
利未記 12-15章。禮儀上的潔淨
律法的潔淨規例,歸於三項:
(1)因分泌物而生的污穢;
(2)痲瘋;
(3)因屍體而有的玷污。
首二類記述於這幾章之中;末了一類,論及人的屍體者,見民 19:11以下;論及死獸的軀體者,見利 11:24-28、利 11:31-40。