In Moses’ day, as in our day, some people who claimed to have miraculous gifts were not faithful to the Lord. The test is not the person’s ability to perform miracles, for even Satan can do that (2 Cor. 11:13–15; 2 Thess. 2:9–12), but his or her fidelity to the truth of God. Any leader who tempts us away from the Lord and His Word is an enemy and must be rejected.
在摩西时代和我们现今生活中，有些人声称自己能行神迹奇事，但却是不忠于主的。这里的试验不是要看人是否能行神迹，因为连撒旦也能如此行（林后11:13-15；帖后2:9-12）；这里所关注的是看那人是否忠于神的真理。倘若有带领人引诱我们远离耶和华和祂的话，他就是敌对神的，必须受到拒绝。
Success does not determine truth, nor does personal affection (vv. 6–11). We must love truth more than we love people, no matter how painful our differences may be (Prov. 1:10ff.).
成功或个人情感并不能夺定真理（6-11节）。不论与他人之间的差异有多深远，我们都必须爱真理，胜于爱世人（箴1:10）。
Numbers do not determine truth (vv. 12–18). If an entire city turned away from God, that is no reason for us to do so. God will stand with us (Matt. 10:28–42). Our allegiance must be “to the law and to the testimony” (Isa. 8:20).
数字也不能夺定真理（12-18节）。即便全城都背离了神，我们也没有必要这么做。神会与我们同在（太10:28-42）；我们必须以训诲和法度为标准（赛8:20）。
Praying the Scripture 用经文祷告
- Who is spiritual? It is not those who prophesy or cast out demons or those who perform miracles. Jesus said ‘I never knew you; depart from me.” (Matt 7:23) Spiritual persons are not those who hide themselves in solitude to pray and read the Scripture. True spirituality are those who obey the Lord and do according to His will (Matt 7:22). Let’s pray that we read the Scripture, understand the will of the Lord and obey accordingly.
谁是属灵人？这都不是说预言，或赶鬼，或是行许多异能的人。耶稣对他们说：“我从来不认识你们；离开我去吧！”（太7:23）属灵人也不将自己隐藏起来独自祷告读经。真正的属灵人是顺服于主，并行祂旨意的人（太7:21）。让我们祈祷，叫我们能读圣经时能明白主的旨意，并谨守遵行。
- The Lord wants us to love Him with all our heart and with all our soul. We shall walk after the LORD our God and fear Him and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and we shall serve Him and hold fast to Him (Deu 13:3-4). Do you love the Lord with your intellect, your emotion and your will? Let’s pray that we love Him with all our beings.
主要我们尽心、尽性去爱祂。我们要顺从耶和华─我们的神，敬畏祂，谨守祂的诫命，听从祂的话，事奉祂，专靠祂（申13:3-4）。你是否尽智、尽情、尽意地爱主？让我们祈祷，叫我们能全心全意爱神。
- The Lord our God is a jealous God (Ex 20:5). He wants our exclusive love without distraction. If we understand this is the kind of exclusive love between husband and wife, we can understand the love of God. For this reason, God intended to use marriage as a metaphor to describe His love for his people. Let’s pray that we love God above all else.
耶和华我们的神是忌邪（英译：嫉妒）的神（出20:5）。祂要我们专爱祂，无分散之心。我们若能理解夫妻之间独特的爱，就能明白神的爱了。为此，神以婚姻作比喻形容祂对子民的爱。让我们祈祷，叫我们爱神超过一切。
