1167. 在圣言中, “迦南” 或迦南人表仪式, 或脱离内在的外在敬拜. 这从大量经文, 尤其圣言的历史部分清楚看出来. 由于那时迦南人具有这种秉性, 所以当雅各的子孙被引入他们的陆地时, 就允许他们被灭绝. 但在圣言的内义上, 迦南人用来表具有脱离内在的外在敬拜的所有人. 由于犹太人和以色列比谁都具有这种秉性, 故在圣言的预言部分, “迦南人” 特指他们, 这仅从以下两节经文就能看出来, 诗篇:

流无辜人的血, 就是自己儿女的血, 把他们祭祀迦南的偶像; 那地就被血污秽了. 这样, 他们被自己所做的污秽了, 在行为上犯了邪淫. (诗篇 106:38-39)

此处, “流儿女的血” 在内义上表他们摧毁一切信之真和仁之善. “把儿女祭祀迦南的偶像” 表用脱离内在的外在敬拜亵渎信与仁之物, 这样的敬拜无非是偶像崇拜. 所以, “他们被自己所做的污秽了, 在行为上犯了邪淫”. 以西结书:

说, 主耶和华对耶路撒冷如此说: 你的根源, 你的出生是从迦南陆地而来. 你父亲是亚摩利人, 你母亲是赫人.

此处经上明确说明, 他们属于迦南陆地. 至于 “迦南” 表脱离内在的外在敬拜, 可参看前文 (1078, 1094节).

Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases -- when it is connected to ideas or objects -- its spiritual meaning and natural meaning are essentially the same. When the Bible talks about people knowing each other and especially when it talks about the Lord knowing people, the meaning has more to do with the states of love within people than it does with any factual knowledge. This makes sense if you think about it. When we really "know" somebody, what we mean is that we know what kind of person they are, what their motivations are, what they love, what they hate, what makes them tick. Those things are far more important than knowing their parents' names, where they were born or what year they graduated from school. Most often then, especially applied to people, "knowing" has to do with the perceptions we have about other people's loves and the conjunction that can exist between those with similar loves, not just a collection of facts.