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利未记生命读经 · 第30篇

亚伦和他儿子们承接圣职（三）

The Consecration of Aaron and his Sons (3)
1读经：利未记八章三十至三十六节。在我们进一步来看与亚伦和他儿子们承接圣职有关之事以前，我要再说一些话，关于把血抹在右耳、右手大拇指、和右脚大拇趾，以及把供物放在祭司的手上这些事。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 8:30-36 Before we consider some further matters related to the consecration of Aaron and his sons, I would like to give an additional word concerning the application of the blood to the right ear, the right thumb, and the big toe of the right foot and also a word about putting the offering on the palms of the priests
2从承接圣职之祭的公绵羊，取些血抹在亚伦和他儿子的右耳垂上，并右手大拇指上，和右脚大拇趾上。这表征基督救赎的血，洁净了我们听话的耳、工作的手和行动的脚。这是为著我们承担新约祭司的职任。我们的听首先被题到，因为听影响我们的工作和行动。基督的血对付我们的耳朵，来听神的话，神的说话。我们要作祭司事奉神，就必须是神忠信的奴仆或仆人。就如以赛亚五十章四至五节所指明的，仆人必须有能听的耳朵。仆人若是不听主人的话，绝无法按著主人的旨意和心愿服事他。
2Some of the blood of the ram of consecration was put on Aaron’sand his sons’ right ear, on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot. This signifies that the redeeming blood of Christ cleanses our ears for hearing, our hands for working, and our feet for walking. This is for the assuming of our New Testament priesthood. Our hearing is mentioned first because it affects our working and our moving. The blood of Christ deals with our ear for listening to God’sword, to God’s speaking. To serve God as priests, we should be faithful slaves, or servants, to God. As Isaiah 50:4 and 5 indicate, a servant must have a hearing ear. A servant who does not listen to his master’sword cannot serve him according to his will, heart, and desire
3当我们还是罪人的时候，我们没有耳朵能听神的话，神的说话。我们每天听许多的话，却没有听神的话。现今我们既蒙拯救并受命为神的祭司，神的仆人，首要的事就是听神说话。在豫表里，奴仆若想留在主人那里，主人就要带他到门框那里，用锥子穿他的耳朵，（出二一2～6，）指明奴仆必须敏于听主人的话。我们今天是神的祭司，就必须学习听神的话。我们这些神的祭司首先要对付的，就是我们的听。积极的听会拯救我们脱离消极的听。我们若从早到晚都听神的话，就无暇听任何消极的谈话。消极的话能在召会生活中流传、散布，就因有人把耳朵从神转向其他的事物。这些人不说基督、神的话、恩典、或神的福音，反倒去听消极的事，并照著他们所听见的消极事物工作并行动，结果就是散布死亡。我们若将耳朵从别的事物转向神自己，就不会有问题，并且只会散播生命，不会散布死亡。
3When we were sinners, we did not have an ear to listen to God’sword, to God’s speaking. Daily we listened to many other things, but we did not listen to the word of God. Now that we have been saved and ordained as God’s priests, His servants, the primary thing is to listen to God’s speaking. In typology, when a slave wanted to stay with his master, the master brought him to the doorpost and pierced his ear (Exo. 21:2-6), indicating that the slave must be keen to listen to the master’sword. As God’s priests today, we must learn to listen to His word. The first thing that we as God’s priests need to deal with is our listening. Positive listening will rescue us from negative listening. If we listen to God’s word from morning to evening, we will not have an ear to listen to any negative speaking. Negative talk prevails and spreads in the church life because certain ones turn their ears from God to something else. These ones do not speak Christ, the word of God, grace, or the gospel. Instead, they listen to negative things, and they work and move according to the negative things they hear. The result is the spreading of death. If we turn our ears from other things back to God Himself, there will not be any problems, and only life will be spreading, not death.
4在我们的婚姻生活中，原则也一样。姊妹若想有个好丈夫，她就不该对丈夫说消极的话，乃该对丈夫说到神、基督、恩典、福音、和神圣的光。这种说话会建造她丈夫，使他追求主。然而，她若对丈夫说消极的话，就会杀死她丈夫的灵。反之亦然，弟兄对妻子说话，无论是消极或积极的，情形也一样。我们都需要谨慎我们的听。我们需要将基督救赎的血抹在我们的耳朵、拇指和脚趾上。有两个场合需要洁净右耳垂、右手大拇指和右脚大拇趾：任命祭司的时候，以及洁净痳疯患者的时候。（利十四14。）痳疯患者和祭司都需要用救赎的血，洁净他们的耳朵、拇指、和脚趾。这指明在神眼中，我们这些受命作神祭司的人，原是痳疯患者。我们是神的祭司，神的仆人，需要让耳朵蒙救赎，不再听神以外的事物，乃要使耳朵转回，只听神的话。我们那工作的手也需要蒙救赎，在神的工作以外不作别的。不仅如此，我们那行动的脚趾也需要蒙救赎。
4The principle is the same in our married life. If a sister wants to have a good husband, she should not speak to him negatively but should talk to him about God, Christ, grace, the gospel, and the divine light. This kind of speaking will build up her husband and cause him to seek the Lord. However, if she speaks negatively to her husband, she will deaden him. The same is true, both positively and negatively, of the way a brother speaks to his wife. We all need to be careful about our listening. We need to have the redeeming blood of Christ applied to our ear, our thumb, and our toe. The cleansing of the right ear, the right thumb, and the big toe of the right foot was needed on two occasions: at the ordination of the priests and at the time of the cleansing of a leper (Lev. 14:14). Both the lepers and the priests needed to have their ear, thumb, and toe cleansed with the redeeming blood. This indicates that in the eyes of God we sinners who have been ordained as God’s priests are lepers. As God’s priests, His servants, we need to have our ears redeemed from listening to anything other than God and have them brought back to listening to the word of God. Also, we need to have our working hand redeemed from doing anything other than God’s work. Furthermore, our toe for walking also needs to be redeemed
5在八章二十六至二十八节，我们看到一个无酵饼、一个调油的饼、和一个薄饼（属于素祭），放在脂油和右腿（另一类的祭）上。这两类的祭整个放在亚伦和他儿子们的手上，那时亚伦和他儿子们的手就不再虚空了。然后这些祭要摇在耶和华面前，（利八27，）可能是那些手里满了供物的人摇的。这样的摇表征基督在祂复活里的行动。这些供物首先被『杀』，然后被摇，就是复活，藉此就在基督的复活里，成了在耶和华面前的供物。然后那两个饼、薄饼、脂油和腿，要在燔祭上熏著（指明缓慢的焚烧，以熏出香味）献上，这是承接圣职的火祭，献给耶和华为怡爽的香气。（利八28。）这怡爽的香气是单单给神的；这是给神享受的分。那柔细、超绝的部分（脂油），刚强的部分（右腿），和两个饼、一个薄饼，表征基督那无罪且与灵调和之人性的各面；这些都是给神，不是给祭司的食物。神的分，都要献在表征十字架的祭坛上。这指明我们乃是在基督受苦以至于死在十字架上的交通中，将神的食物献上。虽然这是为著给神满足，但也是为著给我们承担新约祭司的职任。
5In 8:26-28 we see that one unleavened cake, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer (belonging to the meal offering) were placed upon the portions of the fat and the right thigh (another category of offerings). These two categories of offerings as a whole were put on the palms of Aaron and his sons. At that point, the hands of Aaron and of his sons were no longer empty. These offerings were then waved before Jehovah (v. 27), probably by those whose hands had been filled with them. This waving signifies Christ’s move in His resurrection. The offerings were first “killed,” and then they were waved, that is, resurrected, thereby becoming offerings before Jehovah in Christ’s resurrection. The two cakes, the wafer, the fat, and the thigh were then offered up in smoke (indicating a slow burning to bring out the flavor) upon the burnt offering for a consecration offering by fire to Jehovah for a satisfying fragrance (v. 28). This satisfying fragrance is for God alone; it is His portion for His enjoyment. The tender, excellent parts (the fat), the strong part (the right thigh), and the two cakes and the one wafer—signifying different aspects of Christ’ss in less and Spirit - mingled humanity — are food not for the priests but for God. God’sport i on was offered on the altar, which signifies the cross. This indicates that we offer God’s food in the fellowship of Christ’s suffering unto the death of the cross. Although this is for God’s satisfaction, it is also for our assuming of the New Testament priesthood.
6我们也许宣告我们是神的祭司这事实，但我们中间却可能没有人晓得，作祭司包括了多少的事。五十五年前，我不知道我需要赎罪祭，以题醒我甚么都不是，只是肉体，旧造中的旧人，是联于撒但、世界和争权的人。我声称自己是神的祭司，却无知的实行我祭司的职任。我不知道在新约祭司的职任里作祭司，需要基督的人性、祂加强的能力，和祂爱的度量（由摇祭的胸所表征－利八29）。我们众人若是核对我们的已往，神恩典的光就会暴露我们从前是在那里作神的祭司－在旧造里，在肉体里，在天然的生命同天然的爱、天然的情感里。关于这点，我们都需要被暴露，并被洁净。我们的右耳垂、右手大拇指、和右脚大拇趾上，都需要洁净的血。五摩西用膏油和一些血，弹在亚伦和他儿子并他们的衣袍上，使他
6We may proclaim the fact that we are God’s priests, but probably none among us ever realized how many matters are involved in being a priest. Fifty-five years ago I did not know that I needed the sin offering to remind me that I am nothing but flesh, an old man in the old creation who is linked with Satan, the world, and the struggle for power. I claimed to be a priest of God, yet I practiced my priesthood in ignorance. I did not know that to be a priest in the New Testament priesthood I needed Christ’s humanity, His strengthening power, and His loving capacity (signified by the breast waved as a wave offering—v. 29). If we all check our past, God’slight of grace will expose where we were as God’s priests—in the old creation, in the flesh, and in the natural life with the natural love, the natural affection. Concerning this, we all need to be exposed and cleansed. We need the cleansing blood on the tip of our right ear, on our right thumb, and on the big toe of our right foot. E. Moses Sprinkling Aaron and His Sons and Their Garments with the Anointing Oil and Some of the
们的衣袍成为圣别
Blood to Sanctify Them
7『摩西取些膏油，和祭坛上一些血，弹在亚伦和他的衣袍上，并他儿子和他儿子的衣袍上；使亚伦和他的衣袍，并他儿子和他儿子的衣袍，都成为圣别。』（利八30。）这表征神用复合的灵和基督十字架救赎的血，弹在我们这些新约祭司的身上和行为（衣袍）上，把我们分别为圣归给神。不论神在我们身上作了多少工，对付我们的罪、我们天然的生命和旧人，我们仍需要更多『层』的膏油。这膏油是指经过过程的三一神，连同祂那已经成为、已经作成并经过的一切。这样一位三一神，经过了过程，并且复合了成为肉体、为人生活、包罗万有的死、奇妙的复活和超越的升天等『香料，』己经成为膏油，就是要『涂』我们的膏。（出三十23～30。）我们需要被经过过程的三一神这膏油一再的涂。
7“Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and he sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons and the garments of his sons with him” (v. 30). This signifies that God sprinkles us, the New Testament priests, and our conduct (garments), with the compounded Spirit and the redeeming blood of the cross of Christ to separate us, to make us holy unto Him. No matter how much God has been working on us, dealing with our sin, our natural life, and the old man, we still need more “coats” of the anointing oil. The anointing oil refers to the processed Triune God with all that He has become, has done, and has passed through. Such a Triune God, who has been processed and has been compounded with the “spices” of incarnation, human living, an all - inclusive death, a wonderful resurrection, and an excellent ascension, has become the anointing oil, the ointment, to “paint” us (Exo. 30:23-30). We need to be painted again and again with the processed Triune God as the anointing oil.
8为著正确的认识我们新约祭司的职任，我们需要研读利未记。利未记不仅是为著旧约的圣徒。我们若明白这卷书的豫表，就会把这些豫表一点接一点的，都应用在我们身上。六为承接圣职所献的肉和饼，祭司要在会幕门口吃
8In order to have the proper knowledge of our New Testament priesthood, we need to study the book of Leviticus. Leviticus is not only for the Old Testament saints. If we understand the typology of this book, we will see that point after point applies to us in a practical way today. F. The Flesh with the Bread of the Consecration Offering Eaten by the Priests at the Entrance of the Tent of Meeting
9『摩西对亚伦和他儿子说，要在会幕门口煮肉，并在那里吃，也要和承接圣职供物筐子里的饼一同吃，照我所吩咐的，说，亚伦和他儿子要吃这个。』（利八31。）这表征基督这位带著人性的救赎者，乃是我们这些新约的祭司，进入召会生活时的食物（约六51。）。在利未记八章二十八节有神的分，在三十一节有我们的分。这里的肉是指基督这救赎者，饼是指祂的人性。基督这救赎者同著祂的人性乃是我们的食物。七剩下的肉和饼要用火焚烧
9Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and eat it there with the bread which is in the basket of the consecration offering, as I have commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it” (v. 31). This signifies that Christ as the redeeming One with His humanity is food to us (John 6:51), the New Testament priests, at the entering in of the church life. In Leviticus 8:28 we have God’sport i on, and in verse 31 we have our portion. The flesh here refers to Christ as the redeeming One, and the bread refers to His humanity. Christ as the redeeming One with His humanity is our food. G. The Remains of the Flesh and of the Bread
Burned with Fire
10『剩下的肉和饼，你们要用火焚烧。』（利八32。）这表征基督那取用不尽的丰富，应该由神的圣别所保守。
10What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire” (v. 32). This signifies that the inexhaustible riches of Christ should be kept by God’s holiness
11三十二节指明，我们献给神为神所享受，同时也为我们所享受的基督，乃是取用不竭的。我们把神的分献给神，也享受了自己的分之后，还有东西剩下来。在利未记八章，剩下的东西要用那表征神之圣别的火焚烧。我们由此可见，基督那取用不尽的丰富，该在神的圣别中，并由神的圣别所保守。
11Verse 32 indicates that the Christ whom we offer to God for His enjoyment and whom we also enjoy is inexhaustible. After God’sport i on has been offered to Him and we have enjoyed our portion, something still remains. In Leviticus 8 the remainder was burned with fire, which signifies God’s holiness. From this we see that the inexhaustible riches of Christ should be kept in and by God’s holiness
12拾承接圣职的祭司要住在会幕门口七天，使他们得蒙遮罪
12X. THE CONSECRATING PRIESTS REMAINING AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TENT OF MEETING
for seven days for their propitiation
13承接圣职的祭司要住在会幕门口七天，使他们得蒙遮罪。（利八33～36。）这表征我们承担新约祭司的职任，在我们进入召会生活时，该彻底且完全的得蒙遮罪。
13The consecrating priests remained at the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days for their propitiation (8:33-36). This signifies that our assuming of the New Testament priesthood should be thorough and complete for our propitiation at the entering in of the church life
14三十三至三十五节说，『你们七天不可出会幕的门，直到你们承接圣职的日期满了的日子；因为你们要承接圣职七天，像今天所行的，都是耶和华所吩咐的，要为你们遮罪。你们要住在会幕门口七昼夜，遵行耶和华的嘱咐，免得你们死；因为所吩咐我的就是这样。』同样的程序要重复七天。每天都要严肃的完成这样的程序，每一项都是严肃的。这严肃由『免得你们死』这话所指明。因此，没有人敢疏忽或随便。人人都知道正在进行的事是严肃的，并且知道若是有人疏忽了，会有甚么事发生。
14Verses 33 through 35 say, “You shall not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day when the period of your consecration is fulfilled; for you shall be consecrated seven days. As it was done this day, so Jehovah has commanded to do, to make propitiation for you. You shall remain at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that you may not die; for so I have been commanded.” The same procedure was repeated for seven days. Each day the program was carried out in a solemn way, for every aspect of the program was solemn. This solemnity is indicated by the words “that you may not die.” Therefore, no one dared to be careless or loose. Everyone was aware of the seriousness of what was taking place and of what might happen if anyone was careless
15这些经节该警告我们，不可草率的进入对基督的享受。在擘饼的事上，我们特别需要受这警告。饼表征基督的身体，酒表征基督的血。我们吃饼喝杯时，若不正确的分辨，就会给自己吃喝审判。（林前十一～29。）我们要受警告，轻忽或随便的有分于对基督之享受的交通，乃是严重的事。祭司的承接圣职要持续七天，每一天都重复同样的事。藉著这样的重覆，亚伦和他儿子无疑对每件事都有深刻的印象。今天我们是神的祭司，也需要记得我们承接圣职并受命为祭司时所作的一切事。我们特别要受题醒：在我们里面，我们都是罪人，甚至就是罪的肉体。
15These verses should be a warning to us not to enter into the enjoyment of Christ in a careless way. We especially need this warning with respect to the Lord’s table. The bread signifies Christ’s body, and the wine signifies His blood. If we eat the bread and drink the wine without the proper discernment, our eating and drinking could be to our own judgment (1 Cor. 11:27-29). We need to be 27 warned of the seriousness of participating in the fellowship in the enjoyment of Christ in a light or loose way. The consecration of the priesthood lasted for seven days, with the same things repeated each day. Through this repetition, Aaron and his sons were no doubt deeply impressed with every matter. As God’s priests today, we also need to remember all the things involved in our consecration and ordination as priests. In particular, we need to be reminded that, in ourselves, we are sinners, even the flesh of sin.
16亚伦和他儿子们承接圣职一事，不仅在豫表上是严肃的，在我们今天的应用上也是严肃的。我们若晓得这事的严重性，也就晓得我们何等需要主的怜悯和祂血的洁净。我们会求主怜悯我们，也会藏在祂血的遮盖之下。
16The consecration of Aaron and his sons is solemn not only in its typology but also in its application to us today. If we realize the seriousness of this matter, we will also realize how much we need the Lord’s mercy and the cleansing of His blood. We will ask the Lord to be merciful to us, and we will hide under the covering of His blood