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Nu 27:1-11.
英文原文
Nu 27:1-11.
THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD ASK FOR AN INHERITANCE.
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3. 我們的父親死在曠野，他並不在……可拉……的黨中——這番申明可能是必要的，因為他去世之時可能正值那場叛亂前後；尤其因為這些叛黨的兒女也隨父親一同被捲入可怖的刑罰，他們的陳情便更顯得恰切有力——說明他們的父親並非因任何使家族喪命或失產的罪而死。
死在自己的罪中——即按着人因罪而受制於其中的那普遍的死亡定律而死。
英文原文
3. Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not . . . in the company of . . . Korah--This declaration might be necessary because his death might have occurred about the time of that rebellion; and especially because, as the children of these conspirators were involved along with their fathers in the awful punishment, their plea appeared the more proper and forcible that their father did not die for any cause that doomed his family to lose their lives or their inheritance.
died in his own sin--that is, by the common law of mortality to which men, through sin, are subject.
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4. 求在我們父親的弟兄中，分給我們產業——這些年輕女子察覺到，數點時各家中只記了男丁。她們家裏既沒有男丁，本家便被略過了。於是她們向摩西陳明冤情，與摩西同負治理之責的眾首領一同審斷。這案件十分重要；女兒成為一家僅存成員的情形並非罕見，因此承受產業的律法在神的權柄下不僅擴及一切類似案件，也及於其他情形——例如業主未留兒女、也無兄弟可以承繼之時。應許之地即將分地，知道在這些相對少見的案件中，律法如何規定以保全祖業不致流入別支派，實在令人關注。（參
Nu 36:5）。
英文原文
4. Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father--Those young women perceived that the males only in families had been registered in the census. Because there were none in their household, their family was omitted. So they made known their grievance to Moses, and the authorities conjoined with him in administering justice. The case was important; and as the peculiarity of daughters being the sole members of a family would be no infrequent or uncommon occurrence, the law of inheritance, under divine authority, was extended not only to meet all similar cases, but other cases also--such as when there were no children left by the proprietor, and no brothers to succeed him. A distribution of the promised land was about to be made; and it is interesting to know the legal provision made in these comparatively rare cases for preserving a patrimony from being alienated to another tribe. (See on
Nu 36:5).
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Nu 27:12-17.
Nu 27:12-17.
摩西聞己將死，求立繼任者。
12. 耶和華對摩西說：你上這亞巴琳山，觀看那地——以色列人如今雖已到了應許之地的邊界，摩西卻不得過約但河，而是死在摩押山脈的某一座山上，那山脈統稱亞巴琳
(Nu 33:47)。 失去這大尊榮，是因他在米利巴擊打磐石一事上所表現的不當之舉〔Nu 20:12〕； 這位敬虔的領袖既以柔順的心順服神的定旨，又在懇切求神立一位配得而勝任的繼任者一事上，流露出真摯的愛國之情〔Nu 27:15-17〕。
英文原文
Nu 27:12-17.
MOSES BEING TOLD OF HIS APPROACHING DEATH, ASKS FOR A SUCCESSOR.
12. The Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land--Although the Israelites were now on the confines of the promised land, Moses was not privileged to cross the Jordan, but died on one of the Moabitic range of mountains, to which the general name of Abarim was given
(Nu 33:47).
The privation of this great honor was owing to the unhappy conduct he had manifested in the striking of the rock at Meribah
[Nu 20:12];
and while the pious leader submitted with meek acquiescence to the divine decree, he evinced the spirit of genuine patriotism in his fervent prayers for the appointment of a worthy and competent successor
[Nu 27:15-17].
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16. 萬人之靈的神啊，願你立一人治理會眾——以神的這一身分提出請求最為合宜，因祂是一切理智恩賜與道德恩典的賜予者，能為最艱難的職任和最困難的處境興起合適的人。
英文原文
16. God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation--The request was most suitably made to God in this character, as the Author of all the intellectual gifts and moral graces with which men are endowed, and who can raise up qualified persons for the most arduous duties and the most difficult situations.
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Nu 27:18-23.
Nu 27:18-23.
約書亞被立為繼任者。
18. 你要將嫩的兒子約書亞……他心裏有聖靈的，領來，按手在他頭上——此處對神聖之靈的位格作了有力的見證；按手乃是古時的儀式。（見
Ge 48:14; Le 1:4; 1Ti 4:14）。
英文原文
Nu 27:18-23.
JOSHUA APPOINTED TO SUCCEED HIM.
18. Take thee Joshua . . . a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him--A strong testimony is here borne to the personality of the divine Spirit--the imposition of hands was an ancient ceremony. (See
Ge 48:14; Le 1:4; 1Ti 4:14).
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20, 21. 你又將你的尊榮給他幾分——在以色列的全部歷史中，直到彌賽亞顯現——祂的榮耀使一切黯然失色——未曾有一位先知或君王在各方面與摩西相當。但約書亞仍大得尊榮與資格，這是藉着大祭司的特殊事奉——在耶和華面前憑烏陵的判斷為他求問而得的。
英文原文
20, 21. Thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him--In the whole history of Israel there arose no prophet or ruler in all respects like unto Moses till the Messiah appeared, whose glory eclipsed all. But Joshua was honored and qualified in an eminent degree, through the special service of the high priest, who asked counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord.
Nu 27:1-11.
西羅非哈的女兒們求產業。