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申命记生命读经 · 第7篇

律法的重申（二）

The Rehearsal of the Law (2)
1读经：申命记八章一至二十节。在本篇信息中，我们要来看七章一节至八章二十节律法的重申，这是一般劝戒和警告的一部分。
1Scripture Reading: Deut. 8:1-20 In this message we will consider, as a part of the general advices and warnings, the rehearsal of the law in 7:1—8:20
六 尽行灭绝列国的民，不可与他们立约、结亲，要拆毁他们的祭坛，打碎他们的柱像，焚烧他们的偶像
F. Utterly Destroying All the Nations, Not Making Any Covenant with Them, Not Making Marriage Alliances with Them, Tearing Down Their Altars, Shattering Their Pillars, and Burning Their Idols
2以色列人被神领进应许之地，得著那地为业之后，要尽行灭绝列国的民。（申七１～２上。）他们不可与这些国民立约，也不可恩待他们，或与他们结亲。（申七２下～３。）要尽行灭绝列国的民，不加怜惜。有些人按自己天然、属人的想法读圣经，也许不同意神要求将应许之地上的这些列国灭绝。但按照神圣的思想，这些国民必须灭绝，因为他们是属鬼魔的，是与鬼调和的。五节说，『你们却要这样待他们：他们的祭坛你们要拆毁，他们的柱像你们要打碎，他们的亚舍拉你们要砍下，他们的偶像你们要用火焚烧。』柱像是拜偶像的时候用的，亚舍拉乃是女神的像。
2After the children of Israel had been brought by God into the promised land as their inheritance, they were to utterly destroy all the nations (7:1-2a). They were not to make a covenant with these nations, show them any favor, or make marriage alliances with them (vv. 2b-3). The nations were to be utterly destroyed without mercy. However, some who read the Bible according to their natural, human thought may not agree with God’s requirement that the nations in the promised land be destroyed. But according to the divine thought, these nations had to be exterminated because they were devilish and mingled with demons. Verse 5 says, “You shall deal with them in this way: their altars you shall tear down, their pillars you shall shatter, their Asherim you shall hew down, and their idols you shall burn with fire.” The pillars were used in the worship of idols, and the Asherim were images of the goddess Asherah
3神的子民要灭绝列国和他们的偶像，好成为圣别的子民，归耶和华他们的神；祂『从地上的万民中拣选你成为祂独特的子民，作祂特有的产业。』（申七６。）『特有的产业，』这句话在希伯来文的说法有双重的意义，意思是个人的产业，也是奇珍。神宝贵以色列人，特爱他们，爱他们，乐意信守祂向他们的应许，将他们领出来，并救赎他们脱离为奴之家。（申七７～８。）
3God’sp eople were to destroy the nations and their idols in order to be a holy people to Jehovah their God, who had chosen them, “from among all the peoples which are upon the face of the earth, to be a people for His personal treasure” (v. 6). The Hebrew word translated “personal treasure” has a double meaning; it means both personal possession and peculiar treasure. God treasured the children of Israel, setting His affection on them, loving them, being willing to keep His promise to them, bringing them out and ransoming them from the house of slavery (vv. 7-8
七 知道耶和华他们的神才是神，是信实的神，向爱祂守祂诫命的人守约施慈爱
G. Realizing That Jehovah Their God Is God, the Faithful God, Who Keeps Covenant and Lovingkindness with Those Who Love Him and Keep His Commandments
4在七章九至十五节，摩西要百姓知道，耶和华他们的神才是神，是信实的神，向爱祂守祂诫命的人守约施慈爱，直到千代；祂必爱他们，赐福与他们，使他们繁增，赐福与他们腹中所生的，地所产的，并他们的五榖、新酒、新油、以及牛犊、羊羔；祂必使一切疾病离开他们，并使埃及各样的恶疾离开他们。今天，神爱我们，祝福我们并使我们繁增，乃是因为我们持守祂的基督。我们是在基督里得著并享受神的祝福。神是在基督里与我们同在。神的恩典与平安是在基督里归与我们。所以，我们需要藉著接受基督而与神是对的。神今天给世人惟一的诫命，乃是相信祂的儿子而接受祂。实际上，基督自己就是神的诫命。我们需要接受祂、持守祂、并与祂是对的。我们若这样作，就与神是对的，祂就爱我们，祝福我们。
4In 7:9-15 Moses wanted the people to realize that Jehovah their God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and lovingkindness to the thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments; that He would love them, bless them, and multiply them; that He would bless the fruit of their womb and the fruit of their ground, their grain, their new wine, their fresh oil, the offspring of their cattle, and the young of their flock; and that He would remove every sickness and those evil illnesses of Egypt from them. Today God loves us, blesses us, and multiplies us because we keep His Christ. It is in Christ that we receive and enjoy God’s blessings. God is with us in Christ. God’s grace and peace are to us in Christ. Therefore, we need to be right with God by taking Christ. The unique commandment God gives to the world today is to believe in His Son and to receive Him. Actually, Christ Himself is the commandment of God. We need to receive Him, keep Him, and be right with Him. If we do this, we will be right with God, and He will love us and bless us
八 不要惧怕那些国民，要记念耶和华他们的神向法老和全埃及所作的
H. Not Being Afraid of the Nations but Remembering That Which Jehovah Their God Did to Pharaoh and to All Egypt
5摩西吩咐以色列人不要惧怕那些国民，要记念耶和华他们的神用大试验、神迹、奇事、并祂大能的手、和伸出来的膀臂，向法老和全埃及所行的。（申七17～19。）摩西在二十节继续说，『并且耶和华你神要打发黄蜂到他们中间，直到那剩下躲藏的人都灭绝了。』一九四八年当以色列复国的时候，这样的事发生了。那时，神用黄蜂为以色列争战。摩西在十六节说，『耶和华你的神所要交给你的民，你要将他们全都吞灭；你的眼不可顾惜他们。』然后摩西在二十二节解释说，『耶和华你神必将这些国的人从你面前渐渐清除，你不可快速的将他们吞灭，免得野地的兽多起来害你。』以色列人数目不多；若迦南人立刻被杀尽，野地的兽会起来害神的子民。为此缘故，迦南人要渐渐被清除，好防止野兽的繁增。
5Moses told the children of Israel not to be afraid of the nations but to remember that which Jehovah their God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt by the great trials, by the signs and the wonders, and by His mighty hand and His outstretched arm (vv. 17-19). In verse 20 Moses went on to say, “Furthermore, Jehovah your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and those who hide themselves from you are destroyed.” Something like this happened in 1948 when Israel was restored as a nation. At that time God used hornets to fight on behalf of Israel. In verse 16 Moses said, “You shall devour all the peoples which Jehovah your God is giving to you; your eye shall not pity them.” Then in verse 22 Moses explained, “Jehovah your God will clear away these nations from before you little by little; you shall not devour all of them immediately, lest the beasts of the field multiply against you.” The children of Israel were not great in number. If all the Canaanites were slain immediately, the beasts of the field would multiply against God’sp eople. For this reason, the Canaanites, who were useful in keeping the beasts from multiplying, were to be cleared away little by little.
6摩西也嘱咐百姓，要将这些国民的神像用火焚烧，不可贪图其上的金银，也不可收为己有，免得因此陷入网罗。（申七25。）同样，他们也不可将可憎之物带进家里，免得他们成了可咒诅的，像那物一样。（申七26。）这指明摩西这位老迈的父亲，如何关切他亲爱的儿女。
6Moses also charged the people to burn with fire the idols of the nations’ gods, not desiring the silver or gold upon the idols, nor taking it for themselves, lest they be ensnared by it (v. 25). Likewise, they were not to bring an abomination into their house, lest they become a cursed thing like it (v. 26). This indicates how concerned Moses, an aged father, was for his beloved children
九 要遵守摩西所吩咐他们的一切诫命，好叫他们活著，并且繁增，可以进去得应许之地
I. Keeping the Whole Commandment Which Moses Gave Them So That They Might Live and Multiply and Might Enter and Possess the Promised Land
7『我今日所吩咐你的一切诫命，你们要谨守遵行，好叫你们活著，并且繁增，进去得耶和华向你们列祖起誓应许的那地。』（申八１。）以色列人要守一切的律法，我们乃要持守整个的基督，好叫召会能持久并繁增。『你也要记念耶和华你的神在旷野这四十年一路引导你，使你谦卑受试验，要知道你心内如何，肯守祂的诫命不肯。祂使你谦卑，任你饥饿，将你和你列祖所不认识的吗哪赐给你吃，使你知道人活著不是单靠食物，乃是靠耶和华口里所出的一切话。』（申八２～３。）这里摩西嘱咐百姓记念神如何使他们谦卑，任他们饥饿，然后将吗哪给他们作食物，使他们知道人活著不是单靠食物，乃是靠耶和华所出的一切话。在马太四章四节，主耶稣引用了申命记八章三节，说，『人活著，不是单靠食物，乃是靠神口里所出的一切话。』当祂引用这节时，祂当然知道『一切话』是指律法、诫命、典章、律例和判决。这一切都是从神的口所出，作神呼出之气的话，这些都是指著基督。
7The whole commandment which I am commanding you today, you shall keep and do, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers” (8:1). Whereas the children of Israel were to keep the whole law, we need to keep the whole Christ so that the church may have both longevity and multiplication. “You shall remember all the way that Jehovah your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you and test you that He might know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. And He humbled you and let you go hungry and fed you the manna, which you had never known nor had your fathers ever known, so that He might make you know that man lives not by bread alone, but that man lives by everything proceeding from Jehovah’s mouth” (vv. 2-3). Here Moses charged the people to remember how God humbled them, let them go hungry, and then fed them with manna so that they might learn that man does not live by bread alone but by whatever proceeds out of Jehovah’s mouth. In Matthew 4:4 the Lord Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 8:3, saying, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God.” When He quoted this verse, He surely knew that “every word” refers to the law, the commandments, the ordinances, the statutes, and the judgments. All these are the words that have proceeded out of God’s mouth as God’s breathing, and they all refer to Christ
8所以，靠神口里所出的一切话活著，就是靠基督活著。
8Therefore, to live by every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God is to live by Christ.
9在申命记八章四至五节，摩西继续说，『这四十年来，你的衣服没有穿破，你的脚也没有肿。你心里要知道，耶和华管教你，像人管教儿子一样。』在旷野的这些年间，耶和华严谨、厉害的对付了百姓。那是祂爱的管教。祂因著爱以色列人，就管教他们。十要遵守耶和华神的诫命，
9In Deuteronomy 8:4 and 5 Moses went on to say, “Your clothing did not wear out from upon you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Jehovah your God was disciplining you.” During the years in the wilderness, Jehovah had dealt with the people strictly and severely. That was His loving discipline. Because He loved the children of Israel, He disciplined them. J. Keeping the Commandments of Jehovah Their God,
行在祂的道路上，敬畏祂
Walking in His Ways and Fearing Him
10『所以你要谨守耶和华你神的诫命，行在祂的道路上，敬畏祂。』（申八６。）神有祂的诫命，也有祂的道路。以色列人不仅要守祂的诫命，也要行在祂的道路上。今天我们的原则是一样的。我们该行在主的道路上，行在新约的道路上。
10Therefore keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him” (v. 6). God has His ways as well as His commandments. The children of Israel were not only to keep His commandments but also to walk in His ways. The principle is the same with us today. We should walk in the Lord’sway, in the New Testament way
11以色列人要遵守神的诫命，行在祂的道路上，敬畏祂；因为祂要领他们进入美地，那地有河，有泉，有源，从山与谷中流出来；那地有小麦、大麦、葡萄树、无花果树、石榴树、出油的橄榄树和蜜；他们在那地不缺食物，并且一无所缺；那地的石头是铁，山内可以挖铜。（申八６～９。）这里所题美地的头一方面是其中的水。论到这水，先是有源，就是源头；然后有泉和河，就是流出。美地里的水是『从山谷中流出来』的。这指明基督要在不同的环境中流出来。我们的光景有高有低，但不管在高或在低，基督都可以流出来。以色列人在美地上不仅有水可喝，也有丰盛的食物可吃。不仅如此，他们也有铁和铜作兵器，可用来与仇敌争战。因此，摩西在十节说，『你吃得饱足，就要称颂耶和华你的神，因祂将那美地赐给你。』
11The children of Israel were to keep God’s commandments, walk in His ways, and fear Him, for He was bringing them to a good land, a land of waterbrooks, of springs and of fountains, flowing forth in valleys and in mountains, a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive trees with oil, and honey, a land in which they would eat bread without scarcity and in which they would not lack anything, a land whose stones were iron and from whose mountains they could mine copper (vv. 7-9). The first aspect of the good land mentioned here is its water. Concerning this water, first there were the fountains, which were the source, and then the springs and the brooks, the outflow. The water in the good land flowed forth “in valleys and in mountains.” This indicates that Christ flows in different environments. We have our ups and downs, but Christ flows both in the ups and in the downs. In the good land the children of Israel would have not only water but also an abundance of things to eat. Furthermore, they would have iron and copper out of which to make weapons to use in fighting against the enemy. Thus, in verse 10 Moses said, “You shall eat and be satisfied, and you shall bless Jehovah your God for the good land which He has given to you
十一 要谨慎，免得忘记耶和华他们的神，不守祂的诫命、典章和律例
K. Being Careful Lest They Forget Jehovah Their God by Not Keeping His Commandments, Judgments, and Statutes
12『你要谨慎，免得忘记耶和华你的神，不守祂的诫命、典章和律例，就是我今日所吩咐你的。』（申八。）今天我们该谨慎，免得我们忘记神，不持守祂的基督。
12“Be careful lest you forget Jehovah your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes, which I am commanding you today” (v. 11). Today we should be careful lest we forget God by not 11 keeping His Christ.
13在十二至十六节，摩西继续他的警告；他告诉百姓要谨慎，恐怕他们吃得饱足，建造华屋居住，牛羊加多，金银增添，一切全都加增，就心里高傲，忘记耶和华他们的神，就是将他们从埃及地，从为奴之家领出来的；祂领他们经过大而可畏的旷野，使水从硬磐石中流出来，在旷野赐给他们吗哪吃，使他们谦卑受试验，好叫他们终久得好处。然后，摩西接著警告百姓不可在心里说，『这财富是我的力量，我手的能力带给我的，』（申八17，）但要记念耶和华他们的神，因为是祂将得财富的力量赐给他们，为要坚定祂的应许。（申八18。）最后，摩西警告他们，若他们忘记耶和华他们的神，去随从别神，事奉跪拜他们，他们必定灭亡。（申八19～20。）
13In verses 12 through 16 Moses continued his warning, telling the people to be careful, lest when they had eaten and were satisfied, and had built houses and dwelt in them, and their herd and their flock had multiplied, and their silver and their gold had multiplied, and all that they had had multiplied, their heart would be lifted up and they would forget Jehovah their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, who led them through the great and awesome wilderness and brought forth water for them out of flint rock, who fed them manna in the wilderness, that He might humble them and test them in order to do good for them in the end. Then Moses went on to warn the people not to say in their heart, “My strength and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth” (v. 17). Instead, the people were to remember Jehovah their God, for it was He who gave them strength to gain wealth, so that He might establish His covenant (v. 18). Finally, Moses warned them that if they would forget Jehovah their God and go after other gods and serve them and bow down to them, they would surely perish (vv. 19-20