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Jos 23:1, 2.
英文原文
Jos 23:1, 2.
JOSHUA'S EXHORTATION BEFORE HIS DEATH.
1. a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies--about fourteen years after the conquest of Canaan, and seven after the distribution of that country among the tribes.
2
無標題
2. 約書亞就把以色列眾人召集了來——緊接其後的那句話似乎限定了這一籠統的說法，即只適用於百姓的官長和代表。聚集之地最可能是示羅。召集他們的緣由，是這位年高德劭之領袖年事已高、離世之日將到；這番莊嚴訓話的要旨，是要激勵選民及其後代忠貞不渝地持守以色列神的信仰和敬拜。
英文原文
2. Joshua called for all Israel--The clause which follows seems to restrict this general expression as applicable only to the officers and representatives of the people. The place of assembly was most probably Shiloh. The occasion of convening it was the extreme age and approaching death of the venerable leader; and the purport of this solemn address was to animate the chosen people and their posterity to a faithful and unswerving continuance in the faith and worship of the God of Israel.
3
Jos 23:3.
書 23:3。
藉往日的恩惠
3. 耶和華你們的神因你們的緣故所向這一切國民所行的事，你們都看見了——約書亞在開篇這番話中，格外顯出他的謙卑與虛己。他把自己勞苦的功績全然擱置一旁，把迦南的征服與佔據，完全歸功於神施恩的同在與幫助；他這樣說，既敬虔，也真實無偽。這原是早已應許的
(申 1:30；3:22)；
而神的幫助之確實，正見於迦南人的速速傾覆，此事已使全地分給了各支派為業
[書 23:4]。
英文原文
Jos 23:3.
BY FORMER BENEFITS.
3. ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you--The modesty and humility of Joshua are remarkably displayed at the commencement of this address. Dismissing all thoughts of his personal services, he ascribed the subjugation and occupation of Canaan entirely to the favoring presence and aid of God; and in doing so, he spoke not more piously than truly. This had been promised
(De 1:30; 3:22);
and the reality of the divine aid was seen in the rapid overthrow of the Canaanites, which had already led to the division of the whole land among the tribes
[Jos 23:4].
5
Jos 23:5-11.
書 23:5-11。
藉應許
5-11. 耶和華你們的神必將他們從你們面前趕出去，正如耶和華你們的神所應許的，等等——神既已將已得之地賜給他們，這便是祂必將尚待征服之地也全數賜下的憑據，應許必將全然成就。但神聖應許的成全，端賴他們對神律法堅定不移的忠貞——在於他們堅決遠離與迦南人一切親暱的往來和密切的交結，絲毫不分沾他們拜偶像的罪。他們若像當時這民那樣蒙福地專心從順神，祂的賜福必使他們連戰連捷，得勝輕易
(利 26:7；
申 28:7；32:30)。
英文原文
Jos 23:5-11.
BY PROMISES.
5-11. the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, as the Lord your God hath promised you, &c.--The actual possessions which God had given were a pledge of the complete fulfilment of His promise in giving them the parts of the country still unconquered. But the accomplishment of the divine promise depended on their inviolable fidelity to God's law--on their keeping resolutely aloof from all familiar intercourse and intimate connections with the Canaanites, or in any way partaking of their idolatrous sins. In the event of their continuing in steadfast adherence to the cause of God, as happily distinguished the nation at that time, His blessing would secure them a course of brilliant and easy victories
(Le 26:7; De 28:7; 32:30).
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無標題
11. 你們要分外謹慎，愛耶和華你們的神——他這番勸勉的總歸，全在於愛神；愛神就是律法的成全與目的
(申 6:5；11:13；
太 22:37)。
英文原文
11. Take good heed, therefore, that ye love the Lord your God--The sum of his exhortation is comprised in the love of God, which is the end or fulfilment of the law
(De 6:5; 11:13; Mt 22:37).
12
Jos 23:12.
書 23:12。
以悖逆之禍警戒
12、13. 你們若……退後，與這些國民剩下的人結親——由於與拜偶像的迦南人通婚會帶來許多強烈的犯罪誘惑，所以聖經嚴加禁止
(出 34:12-16；
申 7:3)。
約書亞彷彿正是着眼於這些禁令，便警告他們：神必在他們繼續驅逐迦南人之事上撤去幫助（這一警告有所根據，
出 23:33；
民 33:55；
申 7:16)。
英文原文
Jos 23:12.
BY THREATENINGS IN CASE OF DISOBEDIENCE.
12, 13. Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations--As marriage connections with the idolatrous Canaanites would present many and strong temptations to transgress it, these were strictly prohibited
(Ex 34:12-16; De 7:3).
With his eye, as it were, upon those prohibitions, Joshua threatens them with the certain withdrawal of the divine aid in the further expulsion of the Canaanites (a threat founded
Ex 23:33; Nu 33:55; De 7:16).
書 23:1、2。
約書亞臨終前的勸勉
1. 耶和華使以色列人得享平安，不受四圍仇敵擾亂，過了多日——約在征服迦南之後十四年，分地之後七年。