Mínshùjì 14:18

18 Yēhéhuá bú qīngyì fānù , bìng yǒu fēngshèng de cíaì , shèmiǎn zuìniè hé guō fàn . wàn bú yǐ yǒu zuì de wéi wú zuì , bì zhuī tǎo tāde zuì , zì fǔ jí zǐ , zhídào sān , sì daì .

Mínshùjì 14:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 14:18

The Lord [is] longsuffering
Towards all men, and especially towards his own people:

and of great mercy,
being abundant in goodness, and keeping mercy for thousands:

forgiving iniquity and transgression,
all sorts of sin:

and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation];
which may seem to make against the plea of Moses for mercy and forgiveness; but the reason of these words being expressed seems to be, because they go along with the others in the passage referred to, and are no contradiction to the forgiving mercy of God in a way of justice; nor did Moses request to have the guilty cleared from punishment altogether, but that God would show mercy, at least to such a degree as not to cut off the whole nation, and leave no posterity to inherit the land; which is supposed in visiting the sin of the fathers to the third or fourth generation.

Mínshùjì 14:18 In-Context

16 Yēhéhuá yīnwei bùnéng bǎ zhè bǎixìng lǐng jìn tā xiàng tāmen qǐshì yīngxǔ zhī dì , suǒyǐ zaì kuàngyĕ bǎ tāmen shā le .

17 Xiànzaì qiú zhǔ dà xiǎn nénglì , zhào nǐ suǒ shuō guō de huà shuō ,

18 Yēhéhuá bú qīngyì fānù , bìng yǒu fēngshèng de cíaì , shèmiǎn zuìniè hé guō fàn . wàn bú yǐ yǒu zuì de wéi wú zuì , bì zhuī tǎo tāde zuì , zì fǔ jí zǐ , zhídào sān , sì daì .

19 Qiú nǐ zhào nǐde dà cíaì shèmiǎn zhè bǎixìng de zuìniè , hǎoxiàng nǐ cóng Āijí dào rújīn cháng shèmiǎn tāmen yíyàng .

20 Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ zhào zhe nǐde huà shèmiǎn le tāmen .