聖經365恩典之旅

.甚耶和華吩咐以色列人要有六座逃城，甚麼是逃城?用途為何?
.摩西在約但河東的曠野，疏弗對面的亞拉巴，就是巴蘭，陀弗，拉班，哈洗錄，底撒哈中間，向以色列眾人說了什麼?
申1:1以下所記的，是摩西在約但河東的曠野，疏弗對面的亞拉巴，就是巴蘭，陀弗，拉班，哈洗錄，底撒哈中間，向以色列眾人所說的話。
申1:2從何烈山經過西珥山，到加低斯巴尼亞，有十一天的路程。
申1:3出埃及第四十年十一月初一日，摩西照耶和華藉著他所吩咐以色列人的話，都曉諭他們。
申1:4那時，他已經擊殺了住希實本的亞摩利王西宏，和住以得來亞斯他錄的巴珊王噩。
申1:5摩西在約但河東的摩押地，講律法說：
申1:6耶和華我們的神在何烈山曉諭我們說：你們在這山上住的日子夠了。
申1:7要起行轉到亞摩利人的山地，和靠近這山地的各處，就是亞拉巴，山地，高原，南地，沿海一帶迦南人的地，並利巴嫩山又到伯拉大河。
申1:8如今我將這地擺在你們面前，你們要進去得這地，就是耶和華向你們列祖亞伯拉罕，以撒，雅各，起誓應許賜給他們和他們後裔為業之地。
申1:9那時拉我對你們說：管理你們的重任，我獨自擔當不起。
申1:10耶和華你們的神使你們多起來，看哪，你們今日像天上的星那樣多。
申1:11惟願耶和華你們列祖的神，使你們比如今更多千倍，照他所應許你們的話，賜福與你們。
申1:12但你們的麻煩，和管理你們的重任，並你們的爭訟，我獨自一人怎能擔當得起呢。
申1:13你們要按著各支派，選舉有智慧，有見識，為眾人所認識的，我立他們為你們的首領。
申1:14你們回答我說：照你所說的行了為妙。
申1:15我便將你們各支派的首領，有智慧為眾人所認識的，照你們的支派，立他們為官長，千夫長，百夫長，五十夫長，十夫長，管理你們。
申1:16當時，我囑咐你們的審判官說：你們聽訟，無論是弟兄彼此爭訟，是與同居的外人爭訟，都要按公義判斷。
申1:17審判的時候，不可看人的外貌，聽訟不可分貴賤，不可懼怕人，因為審判是屬乎神的，若有難斷的案件，可以呈到我這裡，我就判斷。
申1:18那時，我將你們所當行的事，都吩咐你們了。
申1:19我們照著耶和華我們神所吩咐的，從何烈山起行，經過你們所看見那大而可怕的曠野，往亞摩利人的山地去，到了加低斯巴尼亞。
申1:20我對你們說：你們已經到了耶和華我們神所賜給我們的亞摩利人之山地。
申1:21看哪，耶和華你的神已將那地擺在你面前，你要照耶和華你列祖的神所說的上去得那地為業，不要懼怕，也不要驚惶。
申1:22你們都就近我來說：我們要先打發人去，為我們窺探那地，將我們上去該走何道，必進何城，都回報我們。
申1:23這話我以為美，就從你們中間選了十二個人，每支派一人。
申1:24於是他們起身上山地去，到以實各谷，窺探那地。
申1:25他們手裡拿著那地的果子下來，到我們那裡，回報說：耶和華我們的神所賜給我們的是美地。
申1:26你們卻不肯上去，竟違背了耶和華你們神的命令。
申1:27在帳棚內發怨言，說：耶和華因為恨我們，所以將我們從埃及地領出來，要交在亞摩利人手中，除滅我們。
申1:28我們上那裡去呢，我們的弟兄使我們的心消化，說：那地的民比我們又大又高，城邑又廣大又堅固，高得頂天，並且我們在那裡看見亞衲族的人。
申1:29我就對你們說：不要驚恐，也不要怕他們。
申1:30在你們前面行的耶和華你們的神，必為你們爭戰，正如他在埃及和曠野，在你們眼前所行的一樣。
申1:31你們在曠野所行的路上，也曾見耶和華你們的神，撫養你們，如同人撫養兒子一般，直等你們來到這地方。
申1:32你們在這事上卻不信耶和華你們的神。
申1:33他在路上，在你們前面行，為你們找安營的地方，夜間在火柱裡，日間在雲柱裡，指示你們所當行的路。
申1:34耶和華聽見你們這話，就發怒起誓說：
申1:35這惡世代的人，連一個也不得見我起誓應許賜給你們列祖的美地。
申1:36惟有耶孚尼的兒子迦勒，必得看見，並且我要將他所踏過的地賜給他，和他的子孫，因為他專心跟從我。
申1:37耶和華為你的緣故，也向我發怒，說：你必不得進入那地。
申1:38伺候你嫩的兒子約書亞，他必得進入那地，你要勉勵他，因為他要使以色列人承受那地為業。
申1:39並且你們的婦人孩子，就是你們所說必被擄掠的，和今日不知善惡的兒女，必進入那地，我要將那地賜給他們，他們必得為業。
申1:40至於你們，要轉回，從紅海的路往曠野去。
申1:41那時，你們回答我說：我們得罪了耶和華，情願照耶和華我們神一切所吩咐的，上去爭戰，於是你們各人帶著兵器，爭先上山地去了。
申1:42耶和華吩咐我說：你對他們說：不要上去，也不要爭戰，因我不在你們中間，恐怕你們被仇敵殺敗了。
申1:43我就告訴了你們，你們卻不聽從，竟違背耶和華的命令，擅自上山地去了。
申1:44住那山地的亞摩利人，就出來攻擊你們，追趕你們如蜂擁一般，在西珥殺退你們，直到何珥瑪。
申1:45你們便回來，在耶和華面前哭號，耶和華卻不聽你們的聲音，也不向你們側耳。
申1:46於是你們在加低斯住了許多日子。

申2:1此後，我們轉回，從紅海的路往曠野去，是照耶和華所吩咐我的，我們在西珥山繞行了許多日子。
申2:2耶和華對我說：
申2:3你們繞行這山的日子夠了，要轉向北去。
申2:4你吩咐百姓說：你們弟兄以掃的子孫，住在西珥，你們要經過他們的境界，他們必懼怕你們，所以你們要分外謹慎。
申2:5不可與他們爭戰，他們的地，連腳掌可踏之處，我都不給你們，因我已將西珥山賜給以掃為業。
申2:6你們要用錢向他們買糧吃，也要用錢向他們買水喝。
申2:7因為耶和華你的神，在你手裡所辦的一切事上，已賜福與你，你走這大曠野他都知道了，這四十年，耶和華你的神常與你同在，故此你一無所缺。
申2:8於是我們離了我們弟兄以掃子孫所住的西珥，從亞拉巴的路，經過以拉他，以旬迦別，轉向摩押曠野的路去。
申2:9耶和華吩咐我說：不可擾害摩押人，也不可與他們爭戰，他們的地我不賜給你為業，因我已將亞珥賜給羅得的子孫為業。
申2:10（先前，有以米人住在那裡，民數眾多，身體高大，像亞衲人一樣。
申2:11這以米人像亞衲人，也算為利乏音人，摩押人稱他們為以米人。
申2:12先前，何利人也住在西珥，但以掃的子孫將他們除滅，得了他們的地，接著居住，就如以色列在耶和華賜給他為業之地所行的一樣。）
申2:13現在起來過撒烈溪，於是我們過了撒烈溪。
申2:14自從離開加低斯巴尼亞，到過了撒烈溪的時候，共有三十八年，等那世代的兵丁，都從營中滅盡，正如耶和華向他們所起的誓。
申2:15耶和華的手也攻擊他們，將他們從營中除滅，直到滅盡。
申2:16兵丁從民中都滅盡死亡以後，
申2:17耶和華吩咐我說：
申2:18你今天要從摩押的境界亞珥經過，
申2:19走近亞捫人之地，不可擾害他們，也不可與他們爭戰，亞捫人的地我不賜給你們為業，因我已將那地賜給羅得的子孫為業。
申2:20（那地也算為利乏音人之地，先前，利乏音人住在那裡，亞捫人稱他們為散送冥。
申2:21那民眾多身體高大，像亞衲人一樣，但耶和華從亞捫人面前除滅他們，亞捫人就得了他們的地，接著居住。
申2:22正如耶和華從前為住西珥的以掃子孫，將何利人從他們面前除滅，他們得了何利人的地，接著居住一樣，直到今日。
申2:23從迦斐託出來的迦斐託人，將先前住在鄉村直到迦薩的亞衛人除滅，接著居住。）
申2:24你們起來前往，過亞嫩谷，我已將亞摩利人希實本王西宏，和他的地，交在你手中，你要與他爭戰得他的地為業。
申2:25從今日起我要使天下萬民，聽見你的名聲都驚恐，懼怕，且因你發顫傷慟。
申2:26我從基底莫的曠野，差遣使者去見希實本王西宏，用和睦的話說：
申2:27求你容我從你的地經過，只走大道，不偏左右。
申2:28你可以賣糧給我吃，也可以賣水給我喝，只要容我步行過去。
申2:29就如住西珥的以掃子孫，和住亞珥的摩押人待我一樣，等我過了約但河，好進入耶和華我們神所賜給我們的地。
申2:30但希實本王西宏，不容我們從他那裡經過，因為耶和華你的神使他心中剛硬，性情頑梗，為要將他交在你手中，像今日一樣。
申2:31耶和華對我說：從此起首，我要將西宏和他的地，交給你，你要得他的地為業。
申2:32那時西宏和他的眾民，出來攻擊我們，在雅雜與我們交戰。
申2:33耶和華我們的神，將他交給我們，我們就把他和他的兒子，並他的眾民都擊殺了。
申2:34我們奪了他的一切城邑，將有人煙的各城，連女人帶孩子，盡都毀滅，沒有留下一個。
申2:35惟有牲畜，和所奪的各城，並其中的財物，都取為自己的掠物。
申2:36從亞嫩谷邊的亞羅珥，和谷中的城，直到基列，耶和華我們的神都交給我們了，沒有一座城高得使我們不能攻取的。
申2:37惟有亞捫人之地，凡靠近雅博河的地，並山地的城邑，與耶和華我們神所禁止我們去的地方，都沒有挨近。

 

Feb 19,2018-The Journey of Grace (50/365) Deu 1:1~2:37

 

  

 

Deuteronomy 1 

The Command to Leave Horeb

1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—that is, in the Arabah—opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab. 2 (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)

3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the Lord had commanded him concerning them. 4 This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

5 East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:

6 The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates. 8 See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

The Appointment of Leaders

9 At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone. 10 The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. 11 May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised! 12 But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself? 13 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

14 You answered me, “What you propose to do is good.”

15 So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you. 17 Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.” 18 And at that time I told you everything you were to do.

Spies Sent Out

19 Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea. 20 Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us. 21 See, the Lord your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.”

23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe. 24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it. 25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, “It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.”

Rebellion Against the Lord

26 But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. 27 You grumbled in your tents and said, “The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’”

29 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. 30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, 31 and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”

32 In spite of this, you did not trust in the Lord your God, 33 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

34 When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore: 35 “No one from this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your ancestors, 36 except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the Lord wholeheartedly.”

37 Because of you the Lord became angry with me also and said, “You shall not enter it, either. 38 But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it. 39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. 40 But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[a]”

41 Then you replied, “We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us.” So every one of you put on his weapons, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

42 But the Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.’”

43 So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the Lord’s command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country. 44 The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah. 45 You came back and wept before the Lord, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you. 46 And so you stayed in Kadesh many days—all the time you spent there.

 

Deuteronomy 2 

Wanderings in the Wilderness

2 Then we turned back and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea,[a] as the Lord had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.

2 Then the Lord said to me, 3 “You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north. 4 Give the people these orders: ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful. 5 Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own. 6 You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”

7 The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.

8 So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber, and traveled along the desert road of Moab.

9 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.”

10 (The Emites used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. 11 Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites, but the Moabites called them Emites. 12 Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the Lord gave them as their possession.)

13 And the Lord said, “Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.” So we crossed the valley.

14 Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. 15 The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.

16 Now when the last of these fighting men among the people had died, 17 the Lord said to me, 18 “Today you are to pass by the region of Moab at Ar. 19 When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.”

20 (That too was considered a land of the Rephaites, who used to live there; but the Ammonites called them Zamzummites. 21 They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. The Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place. 22 The Lord had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day. 23 And as for the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorites coming out from Caphtor[b] destroyed them and settled in their place.)

Defeat of Sihon King of Heshbon

24 “Set out now and cross the Arnon Gorge. See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. 25 This very day I will begin to put the terror and fear of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble and be in anguish because of you.”

26 From the Desert of Kedemoth I sent messengers to Sihon king of Heshbon offering peace and saying, 27 “Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left. 28 Sell us food to eat and water to drink for their price in silver. Only let us pass through on foot— 29 as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us—until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us.” 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as he has now done.

31 The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”

32 When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz, 33 the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army. 34 At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed[c] them—men, women and children. We left no survivors. 35 But the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. 36 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave us all of them. 37 But in accordance with the command of the Lord our God, you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites, neither the land along the course of the Jabbok nor that around the towns in the hills.