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De 29:1-29.
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De 29:1-29.
AN EXHORTATION TO OBEDIENCE.
1. These are the words of the covenant--The discourse of Moses is continued, and the subject of that discourse was Israel's covenant with God, the privileges it conferred, and the obligations it imposed.
beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb--It was substantially the same; but it was renewed now, in different circumstances. They had violated its conditions. Moses rehearses these, that they might have a better knowledge of its conditions and be more disposed to comply with them.
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2. 摩西召了以色列眾人……說，你們都看見了耶和華所行的一切事等——這番訴諸百姓經歷的話，雖是籠統而發，卻只適用於出埃及時尚且年幼、記得那時代前後所發生奇事的那一部分人。然而，唉！那些奇事對他們沒有留下良好的印象
(申 29:4)。
他們對那賜給一切求告者之恩典的智慧毫無所知；既有許多神蹟在他們中間行過，足以使他們確信神與他們同在、同有大能，他們的麻木就更無可推諉。他們的衣服和鞋子沒有穿壞，每日的食物和清水的供應不斷——這些在曠野漂流的多年間從未中斷或減少。這些神蹟無可置疑地宣告了神親自的作為，並且專為訓練他們對神有實際的認識和慣常的信靠。他們既經歷這奇妙的恩典與看顧，又記得神使他們幾乎不費力、不損一兵一卒便獲得了所站之地上寶貴的疆域，這些輝煌的勝利在這裡再次被提及，以促使他們忠實地持守聖約，因為這是得著其應許之福的直接而穩妥的途徑。
英文原文
2. Moses called unto all Israel, . . . Ye have seen all that the Lord did, &c.--This appeal to the experience of the people, though made generally, was applicable only to that portion of them who had been very young at the period of the Exodus, and who remembered the marvellous transactions that preceded and followed that era. Yet, alas! those wonderful events made no good impression upon them
(De 29:4).
They were strangers to that grace of wisdom which is liberally given to all who ask it; and their insensibility was all the more inexcusable that so many miracles had been performed which might have led to a certain conviction of the presence and the power of God with them. The preservation of their clothes and shoes, the supply of daily food and fresh water--these continued without interruption or diminution during so many years' sojourn in the desert. They were miracles which unmistakably proclaimed the immediate hand of God and were performed for the express purpose of training them to a practical knowledge of, and habitual confidence in, Him. Their experience of this extraordinary goodness and care, together with their remembrance of the brilliant successes by which, with little exertion or loss on their part, God enabled them to acquire the valuable territory on which they stood, is mentioned again to enforce a faithful adherence to the covenant, as the direct and sure means of obtaining its promised blessings.
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10-29. 你們今日都站在耶和華你們神的面前——以色列全會眾，不分年齡和身分，所有人——年幼的以及年長的；僕婢以及主人；本國生的以色列人以及歸化的外人——都聚集在會幕前，為要重申西奈之約。他們當中無人可自視豁免於這國家盟約的條款，免得有人陷入拜偶像而成為苦根，散播其毒種和敗壞的影響於四圍
(比較 來 12:15)。
如此觸及每一個人的良心和內心至關重要，因為有人或許會以虛妄的想法自欺：以為只要起了誓
(申 29:12)——
藉此與神立約——就必穩妥得著其福分。那麼，即使他們不嚴格遵從祂的敬拜和誡命，卻隨從自己心中所想所好，他們仍會以為祂會對這樣的自由睜一隻眼閉一隻眼，不加懲罰。使眾人牢牢而持久地確信這一點至關重要：恩典之約雖有屬乎它的特別福分，卻同時為悖逆者保留了咒詛，其降罰之確定、持久和嚴厲毫不遜色。這正是律法第二次複述所要達到的益處。一幅一度富庶繁榮之地因居民之罪而被毀滅、註定荒涼的圖畫極為觸目，足以在每一個有思想的人心中喚起敬畏。巴勒斯坦過去是、並且長久以來就是這樣荒涼的狀態；觀看其傾頹的城邑、殘破的海岸、光禿的山嶺、貧瘠枯乾的土壤——這一切令人悲傷而不可誤認的、地受咒詛的證據——今日從歐洲、美洲、印度來的許多旅人（"從遠方來的客人"
申 29:22），
都看見耶和華已執行了祂的警告。誰能抗拒這樣的結論：這一切的降罰是"因為這地的居民離棄了耶和華他們列祖的神所立的約……而耶和華的怒氣向這地發作，要將這書上所寫的一切咒詛都降在這地上"？
英文原文
10-29. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God--The whole congregation of Israel, of all ages and conditions, all--young as well as old; menials as well as masters; native Israelites as well as naturalized strangers--all were assembled before the tabernacle to renew the Sinaitic covenant. None of them were allowed to consider themselves as exempt from the terms of that national compact, lest any lapsing into idolatry might prove a root of bitterness, spreading its noxious seed and corrupt influence all around (compare
Heb 12:15).
It was of the greatest consequence thus to reach the heart and conscience of everyone, for some might delude themselves with the vain idea that by taking the oath
(De 29:12)
by which they engaged themselves in covenant with God, they would surely secure its blessings. Then, even though they would not rigidly adhere to His worship and commands, but would follow the devices and inclinations of their own hearts, yet they would think that He would wink at such liberties and not punish them. It was of the greatest consequence to impress all with the strong and abiding conviction, that while the covenant of grace had special blessings belonging to it, it at the same time had curses in reserve for transgressors, the infliction of which would be as certain, as lasting and severe. This was the advantage contemplated in the law being rehearsed a second time. The picture of a once rich and flourishing region, blasted and doomed in consequence of the sins of its inhabitants, is very striking, and calculated to awaken awe in every reflecting mind. Such is, and long has been, the desolate state of Palestine; and, in looking at its ruined cities, its blasted coast, its naked mountains, its sterile and parched soil--all the sad and unmistakable evidences of a land lying under a curse--numbers of travellers from Europe, America, and the Indies ("strangers from a far country,"
De 29:22)
in the present day see that the Lord has executed His threatening. Who can resist the conclusion that it has been inflicted "because the inhabitants had forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers. . . . and the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book"?
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29. 隱祕的事是屬耶和華我們神的——本節與上下文的脈絡沒有明顯的聯繫。據認為這是為回答那些驚訝的神情或詢問的話語——他們是否會邪惡到配受這樣的刑罰——而說的。神對以色列護理之工的記載，呈現了"恩慈與嚴厲"奇妙的結合。其中涉及許多深奥莫測、非我們有限的能力所能測透的奧秘；但從那些已經啟示給我們的部分中所彰顯的全面智慧，我們已有準備進入使徒那感嘆的精意——"祂的判斷何其難測"
(羅 11:33)。
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29. The secret things belong unto the Lord--This verse has no apparent connection with the thread of discourse. It is thought to have been said in answer to the looks of astonishment or the words of inquiry as to whether they would be ever so wicked as to deserve such punishments. The recorded history of God's providential dealings towards Israel presents a wonderful combination of "goodness and severity." There is much of it involved in mystery too profound for our limited capacities to fathom; but, from the comprehensive wisdom displayed in those parts which have been made known to us, we are prepared to enter into the full spirit of the apostle's exclamation, "How unsearchable are his judgments"
(Ro 11:33).
申 29:1-29.
勸勉順服。
1. 這是立約的話——摩西的講論繼續，主題是以色列與神所立的約、這約所賦予的特權、以及所加的義務。
就是他在何烈山與他們所立的約之外——本質上這是同一個約；但如今在不同境遇下重新訂立。他們已違反了約的條件。摩西重申這些條件，好叫他們更明白其條件、更願意遵行。