——他进圣所时,先遇见的是坛,随后才到灯台;所以他先办坛上的礼事,然后除灯的灰,正如一条 《巴拉伊塔》 教道:桌子摆在圣所北边,离墙二肘半。灯台摆在圣所南边,离墙二肘半。坛居中,立在圣所正中,略往外挪了些。所以人先遇见的是坛。革玛拉就这一件本身发问:何不把坛与桌子、灯台并成一线呢?为何要往外挪?革玛拉答:因经上写着:「灯台要在桌子的对面」(出埃及记 26:35);我们要它们彼此看得见。坛若与桌子、灯台并成一线,便隔在两者之间了。
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——他进圣所时,先遇见的是坛,随后才到灯台;所以他先办坛上的礼事,然后除灯的灰,正如一条 《巴拉伊塔》 教道:桌子摆在圣所北边,离墙二肘半。
And when he enters the Sanctuary it is the altar that he encounters first, before reaching the candelabrum; therefore, he performs the service of the altar before removing the ashes from the lamps, as it was taught in a baraita: The table stood in the north of the Sanctuary, removed two and a half cubits from the wall.
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灯台摆在圣所南边,离墙二肘半。
And the candelabrum stood in the south of the Sanctuary, removed two and a half cubits from the wall.
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坛居中,立在圣所正中,略往外挪了些。
The altar was centered and standing in the middle of the Sanctuary, removed a bit outward.
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所以人先遇见的是坛。
Therefore, one encounters the altar first.
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革玛拉就这一件本身发问:何不把坛与桌子、灯台并成一线呢?为何要往外挪?
The Gemara questions the essence of the matter: And let us stand the altar alongside the table and the candelabrum; why was it removed outward?
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革玛拉答:因经上写着:「灯台要在桌子的对面」(出埃及记 26:35);我们要它们彼此看得见。
The Gemara answers: It is because it is written: “And the candelabrum opposite the table” (Exodus 26:35); we require that they are visible to each other.
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坛若与桌子、灯台并成一线,便隔在两者之间了。
Were the altar aligned with the table and the candelabrum, it would interpose between them.