1:16 摩西的內兄（或譯：岳父）是基尼人，他的子孫與猶大人一同離了棕樹城，往亞拉得以南的猶大曠野去，就住在民中。
1:17 猶大和他哥哥西緬同去，擊殺了住洗法的迦南人，將城盡行毀滅，那城的名便叫何珥瑪。
1:18 猶大又取了迦薩和迦薩的四境，亞實基倫和亞實基倫的四境，以革倫和以革倫的四境。
1:19 耶和華與猶大同在，猶大就趕出山地的居民，只是不能趕出平原的居民，因為他們有鐵車。
1:20 以色列人照摩西所說的，將希伯崙給了迦勒；迦勒就從那裡趕出亞衲族的三個族長。
1:21 便雅憫人沒有趕出住耶路撒冷的耶布斯人。耶布斯人仍在耶路撒冷與便雅憫人同住，直到今日。
16 The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms[b] with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.
17 Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed[c] the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.[d] 18 Judah also took[e] Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron—each city with its territory.
19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron. 20 As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak. 21 The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.
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這裡說到猶大的戰功，但是在這些表面上的勝利也引長著一些危機，如19節說：「耶和華與猶大同在，猶大就趕出山地的居民，只是不能趕出平原的居民，因為他們有鐵車。」21節說：「便雅憫人沒有趕出住耶路撒冷的耶布斯人。耶布斯人仍在耶路撒冷與便雅憫人同住，直到今日。」
這也是我們信仰上發生的事情，正如我們信主之後，並沒有完全更新，仍然受到世界的影響，仍然有肉體的需要與軟弱，使我們仍受到牽絆，以致成為我們尋求主的絆腳石，讓我們無法完全！
也因為這樣，我們不要受一些似是而非的理念所影響，我們仍然要接受我們是軟弱無能與有罪的人，需要主的恩手來扶助，一步一步來走天路。不要自以為剛強，或是自以為完全，輕視弟兄姊妹的軟弱！
我們需要靠主以謙卑的心與弟兄姊妹同行，鼓勵軟弱的肢體來仰望主耶穌、依靠主耶穌向前行！
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