YuēShūyàjì 22:17

17 Cóng qián baì pí Ěr de zuìniè hái suàn xiǎo ma . suīrán wēnyì líndào Yēhéhuá de huì zhòng , dào jīnrì wǒmen hái méiyǒu xǐ jìng zhè zuì .

YuēShūyàjì 22:17 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 22:17

[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us
The worshipping of that idol, when in the plains of Moab; the history of which, see in ( Numbers 25:2 Numbers 25:3 ) , was that so small a sin, that another must be added to it, or a greater committed? since building an altar seemed designed not for a single action of idolatrous worship, but for the continuance of it, whereas the sin of Peor was only committed at one time, and not continued in:

from which we are not cleansed until this day;
not cleared from the shame and disgrace of it, or the guilt of it expiated or removed; but it might be expected, as in the case of the golden calf, that God would still at times punish for it, when provoked by new crimes; or the sense is, that there were those among them that were infected with the same contagion, and whose inclinations were to commit the same, or like sin of idolatry:

although there was a plague in congregation of the Lord;
of which twenty four thousand died, ( Numbers 25:9 ) .

YuēShūyàjì 22:17 In-Context

15 Tāmen dào le Jīliè dì , jiàn Liúbiàn rén , Jiādé rén , hé Mǎnáxī bàn zhīpaì de rén , duì tāmen shuō ,
16 Yēhéhuá quánhuì zhòng zhèyàng shuō , nǐmen jīnrì zhuǎn qù bù gēn cóng Yēhéhuá , gānfàn Yǐsèliè de shén , wèi zìjǐ zhú yī zuò tán , beìnì le Yēhéhuá , zhè fàn de shì shénme zuì ne .
17 Cóng qián baì pí Ěr de zuìniè hái suàn xiǎo ma . suīrán wēnyì líndào Yēhéhuá de huì zhòng , dào jīnrì wǒmen hái méiyǒu xǐ jìng zhè zuì .
18 Nǐmen jīnrì jìng zhuǎn qù bù gēn cóng Yēhéhuá ma . nǐmen jīnrì jì beìnì Yēhéhuá , míngrì tā bì xiàng Yǐsèliè quánhuì zhòng fānù .
19 Nǐmen suǒ dé wèi yè zhī dì , ruò xián bù jiéjìng , jiù kĕyǐ guō dào Yēhéhuá zhī dì , jiù shì Yēhéhuá de zhàngmù suǒ zhù zhī dì , zaì wǒmen zhōngjiān dé dì yè . zhǐshì bùkĕ beìnì Yēhéhuá , yĕ bùkĕ dé zuì wǒmen , zaì Yēhéhuá wǒmen shén de tán yǐwaì wèi zìjǐ zhú tán .
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