Oct 26【每日活水】若在城中听说

申命记13:12~14:2

12-13「在耶和华－你　神所赐你居住的各城中，你若听人说，有些匪类从你们中间的一座城出来勾引本城的居民，说：『我们不如去事奉你们素来所不认识的别神』；

14你就要探听，查究，细细地访问，果然是真，准有这可憎恶的事行在你们中间，

15你必要用刀杀那城里的居民，把城里所有的，连牲畜，都用刀杀尽。

16你从那城里所夺的财物都要堆积在街市上，用火将城和其内所夺的财物都在耶和华－你　神面前烧尽；那城就永为荒堆，不可再建造。

17-18那当毁灭的物连一点都不可粘你的手。你要听从耶和华－你　神的话，遵守我今日所吩咐你的一切诫命，行耶和华－你　神眼中看为正的事，耶和华就必转意，不发烈怒，恩待你，怜恤你，照他向你列祖所起的誓使你人数增多。」

举哀时的禁例

1「你们是耶和华－你们　神的儿女。不可为死人用刀划身，也不可将额上剃光；

2因为你归耶和华－你　神为圣洁的民，耶和华从地上的万民中拣选你特作自己的子民。」

12If you hear it said about one of the towns the Lord your God is giving you to live in

13that troublemakers have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known),

14then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you,

15you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely, both its people and its livestock.

16You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt,

17and none of the condemned things are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger, will show you mercy, and will have compassion on you. He will increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your ancestors—

18because you obey the Lord your God by keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.

Clean and Unclean Food

1You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

2for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.

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内容观察

1.摩西说，在城里听到有人事奉别神的话，该如何处置?(14~16节)
2.摩西下令以色列百姓要如何对待当灭之物?(17节)

思考与默想

3.为什么摩西如此要求以色列人，在对待拜偶像之事上要积极且强硬?

个人感受

4.看到神坚决不许以色列百姓拜偶像你有何想法?

决心与应用

5.你是否仍有视为比神还重要的人、事物?若看到必须有如此坚决的态度面对偶像，今天你要如何除去这些仍残留在心中的偶像?

无赖之徒(13节):原文有无足轻重之人的意思，在死海古卷与新约都把这词指称撒但。这里也有指做坏事、煽风点火之人的意思。

灵修指南

摩西向以色列人颁布，当他们听到城中有无赖之徒勾引他人事奉别神时，该采取什么样的行动。摩西说，首先要细心详察情况(14节)，倘若此传闻属实，城中所有的居民和家畜都必须被杀死，城中所有物品皆必须集中在街市上焚毁(15~16节)，即使是心疼且贵重的物品，这些当灭之物也绝不可沾手，因为以色列人是分别为圣的子民，要远离一切罪恶(17节)。从摩西颁布此等严峻的律例，足以看出神何等憎恶拜偶像的行为，明白拜偶像会对神儿女所带来严重的后果与影响。有时看似不经意的容留或随意，却会使我们深陷偶像的诱惑与败坏里，不知不觉遗忘自己与神的关系。因此，拜偶像是动摇信仰的根本，也带来灵性上的重大问题，所以神的儿女在除灭偶像之事上，绝不能让步。

内室祷告

求神坚固我的信心，帮助我完全弃掉心中的偶像，单单跟随主。

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