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

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23. And the LORD spoke to Moses saying,

24. “Speak to the congregation saying, ‘Get away from the tents of Korah and Dathan and Abiram.’ ”

25. And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram. And the elders of Israel followed him.

26. And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “I pray you, get away from the tents of these wicked men. And touch nothing of theirs lest you be destroyed in all their sins.”

27. So they got away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

28. And Moses said, “By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them from my own heart.

29. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited according to the fate of all men, the LORD has not sent me.

30. But if the LORD creates a new creation, and the earth opens her mouth and swallows them up with all that they have, and they go down alive into the pit, then you shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.”

31. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.

32. And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who were for Korah, and all their goods.

33. They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them. And they perished from among the congregation.

34. And all Israel around them fled at their cry. For they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also.”

35. And there came out a fire from the LORD and burned up the two hundred and fifty men who offered incense.

 (A Faithful Version)

23. 耶和華跟摩西說:

24. 囑咐民眾:叫他們遠離可拉、大坍、亞比蘭所居住的帳棚的範圍。

25. 摩西立馬連同一群以色列眾領袖,前往大坍、亞比蘭居住那地。

26. 到達後,向這營地周圍的住民勸喻:讓他們遷離這等惡人的住處,但凡屬於這等人的物品,不可摸。觸碰過的人會一同被滅。

27. 民眾聽後,便遠離可拉、大坍、亞比蘭等人居住的範圍。大坍、亞比蘭就好奇,連同妻兒一眾人等都站在營前觀看究竟。

28. 摩西對他們申述:這樣處理,想必你們都知道,是耶和華的意思,不是我願意。

29. 耶和華差我到來,不是要這些人滅亡,這事不因他們。

30. 耶和華要處理一事,祂會開口,用吞噬的方式,把一些人和屬他們的財物都吞下,是活著去到陰間,只因藐視耶和華。

31. 就在摩西說完這刻,大坍、亞比蘭所站之地就裂開,

32. 地,把這群人,包括男人和他們的家眷,並一眾財物和奴僕,都吞下去。

33. 是活生生地墜落陰間。然後,開口的地漸漸復合,就在周邊圍觀的人眼底下消失得無影無踪。

34. 四圍目睹的以色列人,聽見呼救之聲發出,都四處逃避,恐怕傷及無辜。

35. 有火從耶和華而出,把持香爐的二百五十個人一併消滅。

摩西坦言一段史實,耶和華出重手。釋經書似乎沒有對此段記述有詳細的解說,有的是說:耶和華是火。耶和華不是火。

這事件是發生在出埃及,在荒野,而且人數眾多,生活不容易,卻是無後顧之憂這樣的一個背景下,產生一件以更改獻然方式為名的事件,想藉此奪取摩西的領導權。這論述不是推測,是從事件的細節推敲有這個可能,也許可拉等後生仔被人疏擺,事件顯出其嚴重性,這個嚴重性可以從耶和華作出如此大的反應,得出這樣的成因,是合乎當時實際的境況:有人作亂。

耶和華這樣處理,該如何理解,是這處想解答的問題。

眾多釋經書都不大提及這個產生的原因。這處從耶和華是愛,這個出發點看他與摩西的關係:摩西愛立約的民 (以色列的先祖),耶和華愛立約人 (以色列即雅各這人) 的後代,有愛才會去守約。

從歷史發生的事件,成因是摩西建立祭祀的條例,用以維持人與人之間一個和諧狀況,有利於維持秩序。在某些有權力慾的人,這份私心是明顯,卻不為人所知而矣。可拉是誰?是利未之後,亞倫被立為祭司是二代,可拉是第三代。大坍、亞比蘭是是流便支派,二者同屬第三代。V.1 流便子孫當中的以利押。流便是第一代,以利押是第二代,大坍和亞比蘭就是第三代,他們屬流便支派。當時不是用律例,是用禮儀,相信是因為大群人仍在旅程的因素影響。

以色列第一代祭司:

身為雅各之子利未的後裔,亞倫被確立為以色列民首位大祭司(Kohanim),其祭司職分限定於他的後裔世襲繼承。他被膏立是在協助摩西帶領以色列人出埃及期間,在會幕建立時被膏立,負責執行獻祭、贖罪及教導禮儀執行的方式。

相信這是摩西立禮以維繫社會和諧做的決定。

至於這群因私慾作出挑釁的人,用今日有律法的觀點,被形容為犯罪,事實不是罪。用美國今日政黨做假,挑釁合理的立法,都不視之為罪。在當時的出埃及現實,沒有律西法,摩西用禮儀代之,那是另一種觀念:耶和華同在。

可拉這幫人出來挑釁,就不單是挑戰摩西這代言人,更是挑戰背後領他們出埃及的大能者,那位永存的自有者耶和華。為此,是耶和華作出懲戒,不是摩西用刑法判罪,二者有很大差別。

舊約被翻譯耶和華的作為,用現代的管治社會的條例,卻沒有細分為普通民事法和侵害人身安全的刑事法,一律以罪論之,似乎是不當,用人定的法律去質疑耶和華行使主權的正當性,殊為不公。

摩西是耶和華的代言,他沒有權力定人有罪,更沒有用法例去判人有罪。在沒有人傷亡的情況下,定一切犯事為有罪。摩西當時是規勸,不會因為別人不聽勸告便視之為罪。摩西緊守代理人這個身份,是耶和華喜悅,高齡離世。

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