People reaching toward a glowing holographic scroll titled New Covenant outdoors at sunset

參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本   

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20. Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you to the place which I have prepared.

21. Be on guard in His presence and obey His voice. Do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him.

22. But if you shall indeed obey His voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and a foe to your foes;

23. For My Angel shall go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. And I will cut them off.

24. You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them. And you shall not do according to their works. But you shall surely tear them down, and surely you shall smash their standing images.

25. And you shall serve the LORD your God, and He shall bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.

26. None shall cast their young, nor be barren in your land. The number of your days I will fulfill.

27. I will send My fear before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you shall come. And I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

28. And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite and the Hittite from before you.

29. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become a waste, and the beast of the field multiply against you.

30. But little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and inherit the land.

31. And I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea even to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

32. You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

33. They shall not dwell in your land lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it surely will be a snare to you.”

 (A Faithful Version)

20. 我會差遣使者,行在眾人前面,領你到預備的地方。

21. 讓他保守帶領前路,聽從他的吩咐。不要去招惹他,因他是我的代表。

22. 若確實聽從他的吩咐,願意遵行,我就會為你們爭戰,你的敵人就是我的敵人。

23. 這使者行在前,領你經過亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、迦南人、希未人、耶布斯人聚居的地方。我會保守你們平安。

24. 經過的時候,遇有神像,不可跪拜,不可上前供奉,不可效法他們的行為。要把這拜偶像的心思拆毀,不能為自己造像。

25. 單單事奉耶和華這位大能者,會在旅途中提供充足的水和餅,讓疾病遠離。

26. 在這大片荒野之地,不可丟下幼少,必能在這些日子完全地滿足所需。

27. 你們前行,若遇到敵人,會向攻擊你們的人發放我的怒氣,驅趕他們。

28. 若有希未人、迦南人、赫人前來打擾,必有大皇蜂把他們驅散。

29. 你們在此約有一年時間,不會趕走他們讓此地成廢墟,惹來猛獸的侵襲。

30. 這些原居民會因我們的緣故,漸漸地遷離,到那個時候,你們人數也增多,足能承受那地。

31. 你們佔地的疆界,將由紅海到非利士海,即二個海當中的曠野之地。這地將由你們管轄,原居民會漸漸離去。

32. 絕不可在他們相信的神面前立任何約定。

33. 這些原居民不留住這地,因他們能使以色列人遠離我,那是人被誘去拜神,就上了圈套。

他們當時的地理圖示:

這段是以色列人從埃及出發,到了這個地方:由紅海到非利士海,即二個海當中的曠野之地。就是今日的約旦和沙地亞位伯之間的地方,上圖可以有更清楚的觀念。這地段與迦南不遠,卻住了四十年。那是因為耶和華特地使他人們成為以色列人,一群對耶和華有體會的群體。

耶和華這位大能者在帶領以色列人離開,進駐這片現今屬於約旦和沙地亞拉伯這片土地,有沒有用過武力? 無。

這個結論能接受,那麼中文聖經用的字眼是充滿了帝王般的戰鬥格,是用武力把這地方得來。

耶和華從來不喜用武力,因此有才有 [神] 是愛這樣描述出現,在新約更有被形容為最大的誡命是:愛神愛人。

究竟耶和華有沒有用武?

From AI:

Yes, the text states that God would use force to secure this territory.  According to  Exodus 23:31, God promised to establish the borders from the  Red Sea  to the  Sea of the Philistines  and from the desert to the  Euphrates  River.

  • Divine Enforcement: God declared He would   ” deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand,”   indicating He would actively place the existing populations under the control of the Israelites. 
  • Military Action: The people were instructed that they “shall drive them out before thee,”  meaning they were to use military force to expel the inhabitants once God had subdued them. 
  • Gradual Conquest: The broader context (Exodus 23:30) notes that God would drive these enemies out “little by little” to allow the Israelite population to increase enough to fully possess the land. 

這三個描述只有一個符合:Gradual Conquest: The broader context (Exodus 23:30) notes that God would drive these enemies out  “little by little” 。即是沒有用武力。如果沒有用武力,中文聖經用詞似乎用得不恰當。(這是因為年代和資源不足,是可以理解)

那麼剩下來的日子,以色列人沒有用武力,為何原居民會離開?

按經文的記載,這龐大的移民到來,沒有生產工具,有牲畜而已。也許這龐大的人數就是個壓力。那麼,這群人不跟隨他們生活的習慣,例如去相信他們相信的,這也許就是不合群的原因。不要小自信念的不同產生出來的[念力]有何等大的影響。

念力不同,是意識形態的不同,它影響著人生存各個方向,例如教育、例如行為等,這些行為是用以識別這人信什麼,是否可靠值得一起生活。今日有二大例子,美國和伊朗,這場紛爭,不是戰爭被用作不同意識形態去解讀,川普很簡單,伊朗的核武不是用來保護自己,而是威脅世界。

同樣,在以色列人進入這片土地,是暫時不是永久。但對當地人而言,會誤以為是入侵。這是無從解釋的事,也就無法溝通。當日世界如此,今日世界不也如此!這種錯判,是在人的本質之內,例子是該隱殺亞伯,兄弟為何相殘?個人的利益。世界每一個人都在計算,這是人與人之間不可以誠實的起因。

大能者在此旅程,拍明一個方向,相信這位你不曾見過的耶和華,別人不信,你能相信就是你的福氣。

以色列人有幾多相信,似乎很多,也許全都信,只是信心的程度不一。

更為重要是,其他神址給人的正是人渴求的:不要煩我,給我二餐就可以。這是後來出埃及很久的事,當時的先見以實亞就面對這光景 (撒母耳記上8)。這個要求,相對於這是的以色列,相信做成的結果是不受當地文化的影響,一心信靠。求王的被人管治,這個有歷史事實,也有親身的實證說明,跟當日以色列人全心相信,效果是完全不同,以色列人不必用武去征服,他們當中會有不相信,就成了離開的一群。這是經文中的描述:v.33這些原居民不留住這地,因他們能使以色列人遠離我,那是人被誘去拜神,就上了圈套。這經文有隱言在內,說是不相信的會離開,相信的他們會自願留下。 今日的在教會的信眾,在歷年的轉變過程,同樣有這種現象出現:不信教會而離開。

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