(续上)「住南地的迦南人亚拉得王,听说以色列人从亚他林路来,就和以色列人争战」(民数记 21:1)。他听见了什么消息?他听说亚伦死了,荣耀之云从以色列民中撤去,就以为自己得了许可,可以攻打以色列民。这正如经上所记:「全会众,就是以色列全家,见亚伦已经死了,便都为亚伦哀哭了三十天」(民数记 20:29)。
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「住南地的迦南人亚拉得王,听说以色列人从亚他林路来,就和以色列人争战」(民数记 21:1)。
“And when the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel” (Numbers 21:1).
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他听见了什么消息?
What report did he hear?
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他听说亚伦死了,荣耀之云已从以色列民中撤去,就以为自己得了许可,可以攻打以色列民。
He heard that Aaron had died, and that the clouds of glory had withdrawn from the Jewish people, and he thought that he had been granted permission to wage war against the Jewish people.
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这正如经上所记:「全会众,就是以色列全家,见亚伦已经死了,便都为亚伦哀哭了三十天」(民数记 20:29)。
And this is as it is written: “And all the congregation saw that [ki] Aaron was dead, and they wept for Aaron thirty days, all the house of Israel” (Numbers 20:29).
「见亚伦已经死了」中「已经」一语,原文是连词 כִּי,英译以方括号附注。下一段 雷什·拉基什 把它读作「因为」。本段照和合本译,不写罗马字。