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2025-04-08

April 8

Reading for Today: 今日读经：

  • Joshua 5:1–6:27
  • 约书亚记 5:1–6:27
  • Psalm 42:6-11
  • 诗篇 42:6-11
  • Proverbs 13:19-21
  • 箴言 13:19-21
  • Luke 9:18-36
  • 路加福音 9:18-36

Notes: 注解：

Joshua 5:2 circumcise. God commanded Joshua to see that this was done to all males under 40. These were sons of the generation who died in the wilderness, survivors (see vv. 6, 7) from the new generation God spared in Numbers 13 and 14. This surgical sign of a faith commitment to the Abrahamic Covenant (see Gen. 17:9-14) had been ignored during the wilderness trek. Now God wanted it reinstated, so the Israelites would start out right in the land they were possessing.
约书亚记 5:2「行割礼」。 神吩咐约书亚为所有四十岁以下的男子行割礼。这些人是那在旷野死亡之世代的儿子们，是神在民数记第13和14章中所存留的新一代幸存者（见第6、7节）。这个代表对亚伯拉罕之约信心承诺的手术记号（见创17:9-14）在旷野漂流期间被忽视了。如今神要恢复这记号，使以色列人在所得之地上有正确的开始。

Psalm 42:8 The LORD will command His lovingkindness. This statement of confidence interrupts the psalmist's laments (see their continuance in vv. 9, 10), providing a few gracious gulps of divine "air" under the cascading inundations of his trials and tormentors.
诗篇 42:8「耶和华必向我施慈爱」。 这句信心的宣告打断了诗人的哀叹（见第9、10节的延续），在他被试炼和迫害者的连续冲击下，提供了几口恩慈的神圣"空气"。

Proverbs 13:20 walks...companion. This speaks of the power of association to shape character. See 1:10, 18; 2:12; 4:14; 16:29; 22:24, 25; 23:20; 28:7, 19; Psalm 1.
箴言 13:20「与...同行...结交」。 这说明交往对塑造品格的影响力。参见1:10, 18; 2:12; 4:14; 16:29; 22:24, 25; 23:20; 28:7, 19; 诗篇1篇。

Luke 9:23 cross. Self-denial was a common thread in Christ's teaching to His disciples (see 14:26, 27; Matt. 10:38; 16:24; Mark 8:34; John 12:24–26). The kind of self-denial He sought was not a reclusive asceticism, but a willingness to obey His commandments, serve one another, and suffer—perhaps even die—for His sake.
路加福音 9:23「十字架」。 自我舍己是基督教导门徒的一个共同主题（见14:26, 27; 太10:38; 16:24; 可8:34; 约12:24–26）。祂所寻求的自我舍己不是隐居苦行，而是愿意遵守祂的诫命，彼此服事，并为祂的缘故受苦——甚至死亡。

Luke 9:29 As He prayed. As at Jesus' baptism, while He was praying, the Father's voice came from heaven. glistening. Literally, "emitting light." This word is used only here in the New Testament. It suggests a brilliant flashing light, similar to lightning.
路加福音 9:29「祷告的时候」。 如同耶稣受洗时一样，当祂祷告时，父神的声音从天上传来。「发光」。 字面意思是"发射光"。这个词在新约中仅此处使用。它表示一种明亮的闪光，类似闪电。

DAY 8: Why did God bless Rahab the prostitute?
第八天：为什么神祝福妓女喇合？

Rahab's life was not spared because of her lie. It was spared because she put her faith in God. Rahab was given a gracious opportunity to side with God by protecting the two Israelite spies, and she acted within her circumstances. She lied daringly and elaborately. Perhaps her initial response was simply a habit of her profession. From the perspective of the king of Jericho, Rahab would have been guilty of treason, not just lying. She had a new allegiance, and she didn't yet know that the God she now wanted to trust had a rule about lying.
喇合的生命被保全不是因为她的谎言，而是因为她对神的信心。喇合获得了恩慈的机会，通过保护两个以色列探子来站在神这一边，她在自己的处境中采取了行动。她大胆且详尽地撒了谎。或许她最初的回应只是职业习惯。从耶利哥王的角度看，喇合犯的不仅是说谎，更是叛国罪。她有了新的忠诚，而且她还不知道她现在要信靠的神有关于说谎的规条。

While those around her feared what the God of Israel might do, Rahab feared enough to boldly trust Him as the one true God, "for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath" (2:11b). She understood that God wasn't a local or a national god. She knew enough to act. The spies were impressed and indebted. When Rahab asked them for protection, they recognized their obligation. They were exact in promising to preserve the lives of those in her house, indicated by the scarlet cord from the window.
当她周围的人惧怕以色列的神可能做什么时，喇合则因敬畏而大胆信靠祂为独一真神，"因为耶和华你们的神，本是上天下地的神"（2:11下）。她明白神不是一个地方或国家的神。她知道得足以采取行动。探子们印象深刻且心存感激。当喇合请求他们保护时，他们认识到自己的义务。他们明确承诺保全她家中人的性命，以窗户上的朱红绳为记号。

The radical change that came into Rahab's life when those spies knocked on her door can be seen in several ways. She risked her life to trust God. The Book of Ruth, along with Matthew 1:5, also reveals that Rahab married and became the great-great-grandmother of King David and one of the ancestors of Jesus. Centuries later, Rahab was one of the women listed in Hebrews 11 because of her faith.
当那些探子敲响她家门时，喇合生命中的巨大改变可从几方面看出。她冒着生命危险信靠神。路得记和马太福音1:5也揭示，喇合后来成婚，成为大卫王的曾曾祖母，也是耶稣的先祖之一。几个世纪后，喇合因她的信心被列在希伯来书第11章的妇女名单中。

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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