约书亚是仅有的两个已经进入过上帝应许之地的两个人之一。他虔诚地顺从并敬畏上帝。
Joshua was one of the only two men who entered the promised Land. He was to obedient, consecrated with spiritual mindedness and Godly reverence to the Lord God.
因此上帝屡屡地考验且纠正以色列人，只到他们准备好了前往应许之地。
So God is repeatedly testing and correcting the Israelites until they are ready for the Promised Land.
约瑟对他弟兄们说：“我要死了，但上帝必定看顾你们，领你们从这地上去，到他起誓所应许给亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各之地。”
Then Joseph said to his borthers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
他们是上帝的子民，犹豫不决地站在应许之地的边缘。
They were the people of God who stood poised on the edge of the Promised Land.
上帝可能不会赐给我们一条顺利到达应许之地的路，但祂会赐给我们一条平安的路。
God may not give us an easy journey to the Promised Land, but he will give us a safe one.
我，就像摩西，能看到上帝的应许之地，但却不能涉足。
I , like Moses, get to see the promised land, but I won't get to set foot in it.
我们在今生会经历上帝的赐福，然而我们却要盼望那更美的事(40节)，那就是上帝所应许的荣耀之地。
While we might experience some blessings in this life, we may also have to wait until "something better" (v. 40) comes along-the completion of God's promises in Glory.
但是摩西击打岩石两次来取水，因为他生气了。这就是上帝不让他进入所应许之地的原因。
Instead Moses hit the rock twice for water because he was angry and this was the reason he was barred from the Promised Land by God.
约瑟对他弟兄们说：“我要死了，但上帝必定看顾你们，领你们从这地上去，到他起誓所应许给亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各之地。”
Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
约瑟对他弟兄们说：“我要死了，但上帝必定看顾你们，领你们从这地上去，到他起誓所应许给亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各之地。”
Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
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