旧约 - 民数记(Numbers)第31章

The LORD said to Moses,
"Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people."
So Moses said to the people, "Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites and to carry out the LORD'S vengeance on them.
Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel."
So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.
Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.
Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba--the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.
They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.
They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,
and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.
Moses was angry with the officers of the army--the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds--who returned from the battle.
"Have you allowed all the women to live?" he asked them.
"They were the ones who followed Balaam's advice and were the means of turning the Israelites away from the LORD in what happened at Peor, so that a plague struck the LORD'S people.
Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,
but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
"All of you who have killed anyone or touched anyone who was killed must stay outside the camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives.
Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood."
Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, "This is the requirement of the law that the LORD gave Moses:
Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead
and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.
On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp."
The LORD said to Moses,
"You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the community are to count all the people and animals that were captured.
Divide the spoils between the soldiers who took part in the battle and the rest of the community.
From the soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the LORD one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep or goats.
Take this tribute from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as the LORD'S part.
From the Israelites' half, select one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD'S tabernacle."
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
The plunder remaining from the spoils that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep,
72,000 cattle,
61,000 donkeys
and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.
The half share of those who fought in the battle was: 337,500 sheep,
of which the tribute for the LORD was 675;
36,000 cattle, of which the tribute for the LORD was 72;
30,500 donkeys, of which the tribute for the LORD was 61;
16,000 people, of which the tribute for the LORD was 32.
Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as the LORD'S part, as the LORD commanded Moses.
The half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting men--
the community's half--was 337,500 sheep,
36,000 cattle,
30,500 donkeys
and 16,000 people.
From the Israelites' half, Moses selected one out of every fifty persons and animals, as the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD'S tabernacle.
Then the officers who were over the units of the army--the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds--went to Moses
and said to him, "Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.
So we have brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us acquired--armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces--to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD."
Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold--all the crafted articles.
All the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
Each soldier had taken plunder for himself.
Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
民数记第卅一章   第 31 章 

  民 31 章 > 原来以色列人与米甸人是有一定关系的,不信?── 

  31 章 米甸人是游牧民族,其先祖是亚伯拉罕和他第二个妻子基土拉所生的儿子米甸。米甸地在迦南地以南,成群结队的米甸人常常从远方的家乡来迦南地,主要为了找可牧放羊群的地方。当摩西逃出埃及时,就在米甸地避难(参出 2:15-22 ),他的妻子和岳父都是米甸人。他们虽然有联姻关系,但以色列人和米甸人却是死对头。 

  民 31:14-16> 神为何要以色列人除灭米甸人?我应怎样对待罪? 

  31:14-16 因为米甸人引诱百姓敬拜巴力,所以神吩咐摩西要将他们除灭( 25:16-18 )。但是以色列人并没有把米甸人杀光,只将他们的妇女掳来,这可能是由于米甸人的犯罪生活对以色列人有诱惑力的缘故。我们对罪中之乐的生活不可姑息,必须彻底离弃。百姓在进入应许之地后,对罪妥协的态度──不积极除灭外邦偶像,导致他们的败亡。神指出我们的罪,我们就要立即认罪悔改,恳求赦免。 

  民 31:16> 巴兰给以色列人造成何等危害? 

  31:16 如果我们单单看 22 章至 24 章所记巴兰的事,就会以为他是诚实而敬畏神的人。可是这节经文清楚告诉我们,由于他的计谋,使百姓得罪耶和华,以致遭遇瘟疫,可见他是个阴险毒辣的人。有关巴兰的事,详见 22 章 9 及 25 章 1 至 3 节的注解,巴兰的生平传略见 22 章。 

  民 31:25-30> 在神眼中前后方的人有别吗?如何分享成果才合神的心意? 

  31:25-30 摩西吩咐以色列人,要把他们夺来的战利品取一部分献给神;另一部分要归给留在后方未参战的人。依此类推,我们所赚的钱也不单单是自己的。我们所拥有的一切,全是从神而来,最后也必要归与祂。我们应将所得的一部分献给神(作为供物),也应将一部分用来救助有需要的人。 

  民 31:48-50> 面对大胜又无损失的神迹,首先应欢庆还是向神感恩?我会…… 

  31:48-50 带领军队作战的各千夫长仔细数点兵丁之后,发觉军队在争战之中毫无伤亡,他们就立刻感谢神(向祂献上供物)。在我们经历艰苦的争战之后,也应当赶快感谢神的拯救,保护我们免受重大的损失。──《灵修版圣经注释》