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申命记 17

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1 凡有残疾,或有甚麽恶病的牛羊,你都不可献给耶和华─你的,因为这是耶和华─你所憎恶的。

2 在你们中间,在耶和华─你所赐你的诸城中,无论那座城里,若有,或或女,行耶和华─你眼中看为恶的事,违背了他的约,

3 去事奉敬拜别,或拜日头,或拜月亮,或拜象,是主不曾吩咐的;

4 有人告诉你,你也见了,就要细细的探,果然是真,准有这可憎恶的事行在以色列中,

5 你就要将行这恶事的男人女人拉到城外,用石头将他打

6 要凭两个人的作见证将那当的人治;不可凭个人的作见证将他治

7 见证人要先下,然後众民也下将他治死。这样,就把那恶从你们中间除掉。

8 你城中若起了争讼的事,或因流血,或因争竞,或因殴打,是你难断的案件,你就当起来,往耶和华─你所选择的地方

9 去见祭司利未人,并当时的审判官,求问他们,他们必将判语指示你。

10 他们在耶和华所选择的地方指示你的判语,你必照着他们所指教你的一切谨守遵行。

11 要按他们所指教你的律法,照他们所断定的去行;他们所指示你的判语,你不可偏离左右。

12 若有擅敢不从那侍立在耶和华─你面前的祭司,或不从审判官,那就必治;这样,便将那恶从以色列中除掉。

13 众百姓都要害怕,不再擅敢行事。

14 到了耶和华─你所赐你的,得了那居住的时候,若:我要立王治理我,像四围的国一样。

15 你总要立耶和华─你所拣选的为王。必从你弟兄中立一;不可立你弟兄以外的为王。

16 只是王不可为自己加添马匹,也不可使百姓回埃及去,为要加添他的马匹,因耶和华曾吩咐你们:不可再回那条去。

17 他也不可为自己多立妃嫔,恐怕他的心偏邪;也不可为自己多积

18 他登了国位,就要将祭司利未人面前的这律法,为自己抄录一本,

19 存在他那里,要平生诵读,好学习敬畏耶和华─他的,谨守遵行这律书上的一切言语和这些律例,

20 免得他向弟兄心气傲,偏左偏右,离了这诫命。这样,他和他的子孙便可在以色列中,在国位上年长日久。

   

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These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them. A "path" is something different, suitable only for walking or maybe bicycles, and a "way" has more to do with giving directions than any physical reality. When we get "lost" it usually means we're in a car on an unfamiliar road -- a far cry from being in the middle of a trackless wilderness with no idea which direction to go. The ancient world was very different, with isolated towns and endless square miles of trackless wilderness. Then a "way" was a set of landmarks to follow to get from one place to another through the wilderness. A "path" was a way used enough to leave a visible trace on the ground, and a "road" was a heavily used path, easily followed and walkable. So it makes sense that when used in the Bible, all three terms represent guiding truth, ideas that lead us where we want to go. This is pictured in the modern use of "way" -- when we talk about the "way" to do something or the "way" to get somewhere. We're talking about the correct, best, most efficient method of doing something or getting somewhere. And it's good information -- truth -- that helps us find that best way.