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申命记 20

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1 你出去与仇敌争战的时候,马匹、车辆,并有比你多的人民,不要他们,因为领你出埃及耶和华─你与你同在。

2 你们将要上阵的时候,祭司要到百姓面前宣告

3 以色列人哪,你们当,你们今日将要与仇敌争战,不要胆怯,不要惧战兢,也不要因他们惊恐;

4 因为耶和华─你们的与你们同去,要为你们与仇敌争战,拯你们。

5 长也要对百姓宣告:谁建造房屋,尚未奉献,他可以回家去,恐怕他阵亡,别去奉献。

6 谁种葡萄园,尚未用所结的果子,他可以回家去,恐怕他阵亡,别去用。

7 谁聘定了妻,尚未迎娶,他可以回家去,恐怕他阵亡,别去娶。

8 长又要对百姓宣告:谁惧怕胆怯,他可以回家去,恐怕他弟兄的心消化,和他一样。

9 长对百姓宣告完了,就当派军长率领他们。

10 你临近一座城、要攻打的时候,先要对城里的民宣告和睦的话。

11 他们若以和睦的话回答你,给你开了城,城里所有的人都要给你效劳,服事你;

12 若不肯与你和好,反要与你打仗,你就要围困那城。

13 耶和华─你的把城交付你,你就要用刀杀尽这城的男丁。

14 惟有妇女、孩子、牲畜,和城内一切的财物,你可以取为自己的掠物。耶和华─你把你仇敌的财物赐你,你可以用。

15 离你甚远的各城,不是这些国民的城,你都要这样待他。

16 但这些国民的城,耶和华─你既赐你为业,其中凡有气息的,一个不可存留;

17 只要照耶和华─你所吩咐的将这赫人、亚摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人都灭绝净尽,

18 免得他们教导你们学习一切可憎恶的事,就是他们向自己所行的,以致你们得罪耶和华─你们的

19 你若许久围困、攻打所要取的一座城,就不可举斧子砍坏树木;因为你可以上的果子,不可砍伐。田间的树木岂是人,叫你糟蹋麽?

20 惟独你所知道不是结果毁坏、砍伐,用以修筑营垒,攻击那与你打仗的城,直到攻塌了。

   

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Road

  

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.