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My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》 
Day 
Day 243

Text: Exodus 34: 13-17

MEDITATION

Exodus 34:13-17

13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images
14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.,
15 lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot with their gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice,
16 and you take of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters play the harlot with their gods and make your sons play the harlot with their gods.
17 “You shall make no moulded gods for yourselves.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The Context of this passage must be carefully understood

a. Israel at war with nations living in Canaan.
b. God’s clear command must be fully obeyed.

2. The idolatrous practices of the nations living in Canaan

a. They had the following:
i. Altars
ii. Sacred pillars
iii. Wooden images
b. The danger that Israel would be facing.
i. Battles with the nations.
ii. Influences from these nations.
iii. They would cause Israel to depart from their faith in God.
iv. They would entice them to become idolaters too.
v. Israel would end up forsaking God and their covenant with Him.
vi. The daughters of the foreign nations would tempt the men of Israel.
vii. The morals of Israel would be adversely affected.

3. The clear command

a. Israel must obey all that God had said.
b. The nation can easily be deceived by the cunning enemies.
c. The wisest thing to do was to destroy all the idolatrous places of worship.

4. What was expressly forbidden

a. Israel would end up making wooden images and worshipping them.
b. The nation had just been chastised by God for worshipping a golden calf
(Cf. Exodus 32).

经文：出埃及记 34：13-17

沉思

《出埃及记 34: 13-17》
13 却要拆毁他们的祭坛，打碎他们的柱像，砍下他们的木偶。
14 不可敬拜别神，因为耶和华是忌邪的神，名为忌邪者。
15 只怕你与那地的居民立约，百姓随从他们的神，就行邪淫，祭祀他们的神，有人叫你，你便吃他的祭物；
16 又为你的儿子娶他们的女儿为妻，他们的女儿随从她们的神，就行邪淫，使你的儿子也随从她们的神行邪淫。

17 不可为自己铸造神像。

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 必须仔细理解这段经文的上下文

a. 以色列与住在迦南的国家交战
b. 必须完全遵守上帝明确的命令

2. 迦南各国敬拜别神的行为

a. 他们有以下几点：
i. 祭坛
ii. 柱像
iii. 木偶
b. 以色列将面临的危险
i. 与列国争战
ii. 被这些国家影响
iii. 他们会使以色列人背离他们对上帝的信实
iv. 他们会引诱他们也成为偶像崇拜者
v. 以色列最终会离弃上帝和他们与上帝的盟约
vi. 外邦的女子会试探以色列的男子
vii. 以色列的道德会受到不利影响

3. 明确的命令

a. 以色列必须遵守上帝所说的一切
b. 国家很容易被狡猾的敌人欺骗
c. 最明智的做法是摧毁所有拜偶像的场所

4. 明确禁止的内容

a. 以色列人最终会制作木偶并敬拜它们
b. 这个民族因拜金牛犊而刚刚被上帝惩罚（对照：《出埃及记32》）