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Ex 20:1-26.
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Ex 20:1-26.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
1. And God spake all these words--The Divine Being Himself was the speaker
(De 5:12, 32, 33),
in tones so loud as to be heard--so distinct as to be intelligible by the whole multitude standing in the valleys below, amid the most appalling phenomena of agitated nature. Had He been simply addressing rational and intelligent creatures, He would have spoken with the still small voice of persuasion and love. But He was speaking to those who were at the same time fallen and sinful creatures, and a corresponding change was required in the manner of God's procedure, in order to give a suitable impression of the character and sanctions of the law revealed from heaven
(Ro 11:5-9).
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2. 我是耶和華你的上帝——這是十誡的序言——後一句特別適用於以色列人的情形，而前一句則將之帶到全人類面前；表明律法的合理性是建立在受造之物與其創造主之間永恆的關係，以及他們彼此之間的相互關係上。
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2. I am the Lord thy God--This is a preface to the ten commandments--the latter clause being specially applicable to the case of the Israelites, while the former brings it home to all mankind; showing that the reasonableness of the law is founded in their eternal relation as creatures to their Creator, and their mutual relations to each other.
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3. 除了我以外，你不可有別的神——即在我面前、在我以外、或除我之外。
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3. Thou shalt have no other gods before me--in My presence, beside, or except Me.
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4, 5. 不可為自己雕刻偶像……不可跪拜那些像——即「為了跪拜而製造」。在摩西自己的主持下， basal基路伯、銅蛇、牛以及地上許多別的東西都曾被造而從未被定罪。單單製造並非犯罪——帶著要獻上偶像崇拜之意圖來製造才是。
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4, 5. Thou shalt not make . . . any graven image . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them--that is, "make in order to bow." Under the auspices of Moses himself, figures of cherubim, brazen serpents, oxen, and many other things in the earth beneath, were made and never condemned. The mere making was no sin--it was the making with the intent to give idolatrous worship.
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8. 當記念安息日——暗示這日子已為人知，並被承認為聖潔安息的季節。前四條誡命
〔出 20:3-11〕
包含我們對上帝的本分——後六條
〔出 20:12-17〕
我們對同胞的本分；而按基督的解釋，它們延伸到對心與口的治理
（太 5:17）。
「人若遵行，就必因此活著」
〔利 18:5；尼 9:29〕。
但是，唉！對於軟弱而墮落的人，這是多麼沉重的一個「若」。凡將其盼望寄託於律法之上的，都對其全部負債；照此觀點，若不是「耶和華我們的義」
〔耶 23:6；33:16〕
（約 1:17），
每一個人都將毫無指望。
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8. Remember the sabbath day--implying it was already known, and recognized as a season of sacred rest. The first four commandments
[Ex 20:3-11]
comprise our duties to God--the other six
[Ex 20:12-17]
our duties to our fellow men; and as interpreted by Christ, they reach to the government of the heart as well as the lip
(Mt 5:17).
"If a man do them he shall live in them"
[Le 18:5; Ne 9:29].
But, ah! what an if for frail and fallen man. Whoever rests his hope upon the law stands debtor to it all; and in this view every one would be without hope were not "the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS"
[Jer 23:6; 33:16]
(Joh 1:17).
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18-21. 眾百姓見雷轟、閃電——他們是上帝降臨那些可畏象徵的親眼、親耳見證人。但他們並未看見上帝自己。
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18-21. all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings--They were eye and ear witnesses of the awful emblems of the Deity's descent. But they perceived not the Deity Himself.
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19. 不要上帝和我們說話，恐怕我們死亡等語——雷轟與閃電的現象曾是對埃及那樣致命的災之一；如今他們聽見上帝對他們說話，便害怕即時死亡。連摩西自己——舊約的中保——也「極其恐懼戰竞」
（來 12:21）。 但上帝無疑對他說了賜他安慰的話——恢復他到適合其受託事奉的心境；因此他隨即便能以自己從上帝所受的安慰去安慰他們
（林後 1:4）。
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19. let not God speak with us, lest we die, &c.--The phenomena of thunder and lightning had been one of the plagues so fatal to Egypt, and as they heard God speaking to them now, they were apprehensive of instant death also. Even Moses himself, the mediator of the old covenant, did "exceedingly quake and fear"
(Heb 12:21).
But doubtless God spake what gave him relief--restored him to a frame of mind fit for the ministrations committed to him; and hence immediately after he was enabled to relieve and comfort them with the relief and comfort which he himself had received from God
(2Co 1:4).
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22, 23. 耶和華對摩西說——從
申 4:14-16
看來，這吩咐是從西奈的場景得出的結論——既然當時沒有展示上帝的任何形像，他們便不可試圖為祂造任何可見的形狀或形像。
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22, 23. the Lord said unto Moses--It appears from
De 4:14-16,
that this injunction was a conclusion drawn from the scene on Sinai--that as no similitude of God was displayed then, they should not attempt to make any visible figure or form of Him.
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24. 你要為我築一座土壇——一條適用於特殊或臨時場合的規定。
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24. An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me--a regulation applicable to special or temporary occasions.
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25. 你不可用鑿成的石頭來築等語——即雕刻了圖像與花紋，可能引致迷信。
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25. thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, &c.--that is, carved with figures and ornaments that might lead to superstition.
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26. 不可用臺階——一項出於端莊的預防措施，因祭司所穿的衣服寬大、鬆弛而飄垂。
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26. by steps--a precaution taken for the sake of decency, in consequence of the loose, wide, flowing garments of the priests.
Ex 20:1-26.
十誡。
1. 上帝吩咐這一切的話——上帝自己是發言者
（申 5:12, 32, 33），
其聲音宏大足以被聽見——其發音清晰足以被站在下面谷中的全體群眾聽明，並伴隨著自然界震動的最為可畏的現象。祂若只是對理性而智慧的受造物說話，本會以那微小的勸勉與慈愛之聲發言。但祂所面對的，同時也是墮落而有罪的受造物；因此上帝行事的方式也須相應改變，以便對從天上所啟示之律法的性質與制裁給予合宜的印象
（羅 11:5-9）。