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2025-03-02

March 2

Reading for Today:
今日读经：

  • Numbers 1:1–2:34
  • 民数记 1:1–2:34
  • Psalm 29:7-11
  • 诗篇 29:7-11
  • Proverbs 10:26-29
  • 箴言 10:26-29
  • Mark 7:14-37
  • 马可福音 7:14-37

Notes:
注解：

Numbers 1:2 a census. In Exodus 30:11–16, the Lord had commanded that a census of the males in Israel over 20 (excluding the Levites) be taken for the purpose of determining the ransom money for the service of the tabernacle. The result of that census is recorded in Exodus 38:25–28. The total number, 603,550 (Ex. 38:26), equals the number in 1:46.
民数记 1:2 数点人数。 在出埃及记30:11-16中，耶和华曾命令数点以色列中20岁以上的男子（不包括利未人），目的是为会幕的事工确定赎价。那次数点的结果记录在出埃及记38:25-28中。总数603,550人（出38:26）与1:46中的数字相符。

Numbers 1:3 go to war. The purpose of this census was to form a roster of fighting men. The Book of Numbers looks ahead to the invasion of the land promised to Abraham (see Gen. 12:1–3).
民数记 1:3 能出去打仗的。 这次数点的目的是为了组建战士的名册。民数记展望了进入应许给亚伯拉罕之地的入侵（参见创12:1-3）。

Numbers 1:51 The outsider. This word often refers to the “alien” or “stranger.” The non-Levite Israelite was like a “foreigner” to the transporting of the tabernacle and had to keep his distance lest he die.
民数记 1:51 外人。 这个词常指“寄居的”或“陌生人”。非利未人的以色列人在搬运会幕时如同“外邦人”，必须保持距离，以免死亡。

Mark 7:19 Since food is merely physical, no one who eats it will defile his heart or inner person, which is spiritual. Physical pollution, no matter how corrupt, cannot cause spiritual or moral pollution. Neither can external ceremonies and rituals cleanse a person spiritually. thus purifying all foods. By overturning the tradition of hand washing, Jesus in effect removed the restrictions regarding dietary laws.
马可福音 7:19 既然食物只是物质性的，吃它的人不会玷污他的心或内在的人，因为内在的人是属灵的。物质的污秽，无论多么败坏，都不能导致灵性或道德的污秽。外部的仪式和礼仪也无法在灵性上洁净一个人。因此，各样食物都洁净了。 通过推翻洗手的传统，耶稣实际上取消了关于饮食律法的限制。

Mark 7:20 What comes out of a man. A person’s defiled heart is expressed in both what he says and what he does.
马可福音 7:20 从人里面出来的。 一个人污秽的心既通过他所说的，也通过他所做的表现出来。

DAY 2: Did Moses perhaps inflate the numbers of Jews in the wilderness?
第二天：摩西是否可能夸大了旷野中犹太人的数量？

Twice during the wilderness wanderings a census of the people of Israel was taken (Numbers 1:46; 26:51). Each time the resulting total count of fighting men exceeded 600,000.These numbers indicate a population for Israel in the wilderness of around 2.5 million people at any time. Viewed naturally, this total appears too high to sustain in wilderness conditions.
在旷野漂流期间，以色列人进行了两次人口普查（民数记1:46；26:51）。每次统计的战士总数都超过60万。这些数字表明，旷野中的以色列人口在任何时候都约为250万。从自然角度来看，这个总数在旷野条件下似乎过高，难以维持。

Before concluding that Moses inflated the numbers, several factors must be considered. First, the Lord supernaturally took care of Israel for 40 years (Deut. 8:1–5). Miraculous provision of food was a daily event. Second, God also spelled out sanitary practices that prevented the kind of health crises that might have occurred under those conditions. Third, while Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years, they only moved camp about 40 times. Spending about a year in each campsite allowed for some normal life without creating a permanent settlement. This preserved some grazing for the herds while keeping the people’s pollution to a manageable amount. Each census was meant to be an accurate accounting of God’s people. They ought to be taken at face value.
在断定摩西夸大了数字之前，必须考虑几个因素。首先，耶和华超自然地照顾了以色列人40年（申8:1-5）。食物的奇迹供应是每日发生的事。其次，神还制定了卫生条例，防止了在那种条件下可能发生的健康危机。第三，虽然以色列人在旷野漂流了40年，但他们只迁移了大约40次营地。在每个营地停留大约一年，使得他们能够过一些正常的生活，而不需要建立永久定居点。这为牲畜保留了一些牧场，同时将人们的污染控制在可管理的范围内。每次人口普查都是为了准确记录神的子民。它们应当被如实看待。

From The MacArthur Daily Bible Copyright © 2003. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson Bibles, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc, Nashville, TN 37214, www.thomasnelson.com.

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