2现在我们要一节一节的来看利未记五章。在豫表里,利未记五章的每一点都有属灵的意义。一节说,『若有人听见公开的嘱咐,要人作证,他本是个见证人,已经看见或知道了甚么,却不说出来,这人就犯了罪,他要担当他的罪孽。』这节实际上是对付说谎。说谎牵涉到撒但,因为他是说谎者的父。(约八44。)利未记五章二节说,『或是有人摸了甚么不洁之物,无论是不洁之兽的尸体,或是不洁之牲畜的尸体,或是不洁的爬物,他却不知道,以致成了不洁,他就有了罪。』兽是野生的动物,牲畜是驯养的动物。按照七章,这节的动物豫表不同的人。有些人像兽,有些人像牲畜,还有一些像爬物。五章二节的尸体表征死亡。所以这三种动物的尸体-兽的尸体、牲畜的尸体、爬物的尸体,表征三种不同的死亡。有一种死亡像野兽那样野蛮。另一种死亡是温和的,像温驯、驯养的动物。再有一种死亡是狡滑的,像爬物。在豫表上,这指明神子民中间可能有三种死亡:野蛮的死亡、温和的死亡、狡滑的死亡。
2Let us now consider chapter five of Leviticus verse by verse. In typology, every aspect of Leviticus 5 has a spiritual significance. Verse 1 says, “When a person sins in that he hears a public charge to testify, and he is a witness, either he has seen or known the matter, and he does not declare it, then he shall bear his iniquity.” This verse actually deals with lying. A lie involves Satan, for he is the father of lies (John 8:44). Leviticus 5:2 says, “When a person touches any unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, and it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he is guilty.” This verse speaks of the carcasses of beasts, cattle, and creeping things. The beasts are wild animals, and the cattle are domesticated animals. According to chapter eleven, the animals in this verse typify different kinds of people. Some people are like beasts, others are like cattle, and still others are like creeping things. The word carcass in 5:2 signifies death. The carcasses of these three kinds of animals—the carcass of beasts, the carcass of cattle, and the carcass of creeping things—thus signify three kinds of death. One kind of death is wild like a wild beast. A second kind of death is mild like a gentle, domesticated animal. A third kind of death is subtle like a creeping thing. In typology this indicates that among God’sp eople there may be three kinds of death: wild death, mild death, and subtle death.